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HALLWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
Example:
the elevators were at the end of the hall
Synonyms:
hall; hallway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hallway" is a kind of...):
corridor (an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it)
Meronyms (parts of "hallway"):
ceiling (the overhead upper surface of a covered space)
floor; flooring (the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure))
wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hallway"):
concourse (a wide hallway in a building where people can walk)
