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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
2. 2
   an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

corridorarcadecloistercolonnadegalleryhall

Antonyms

All antonyms

room

Example

More examples

"The principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway."

Etymology

From hall + way.

Related phrases

hallway healthcarehallway hospitalizationhallway medicinehallway monitorhallway tracklike throwing a hot dog down a hallway, like throwing a sausage down a hallwaythrow one's hotdog down someone's hallway

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