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Hall and Hull Definitions

Hall

A corridor or passageway in a building.

Hull

The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.

Hall

A large entrance room or vestibule in a building; a lobby.

Hull

The persistent calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.

Hall

A building for public gatherings or entertainments.

Hull

(Nautical)The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.
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Hall

The large room in which such events are held.

Hull

The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.

Hall

A building used for the gatherings and social activities of a church, fraternal order, or other organization.

Hull

The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.

Hall

A building belonging to a school, college, or university that provides classroom, dormitory, or dining facilities.

Hull

To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).
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Hall

A large room in such a building.

Hull

The outer covering of a fruit or seed.

Hall

The group of students using such a building
The entire hall stayed up late studying.

Hull

Any covering.

Hall

Chiefly British A meal served in such a building.

Hull

The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
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Hall

The main house on a landed estate.

Hull

The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.
Holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull

Hall

The castle or house of a medieval monarch or noble.

Hull

To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.

Hall

The principal room in such a castle or house, used for dining, entertaining, and sleeping.

Hull

To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.

Hall

A corridor; a hallway.
The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

Hull

(transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.

Hall

A meeting room.
The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

Hull

The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

Hall

A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.

Hull

The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.

Hall

A building providing student accommodation at a university.
The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.

Hull

To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.

Hall

The principal room of a secular medieval building.

Hull

To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.

Hall

(obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.

Hull

To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.

Hall

A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
A Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall

Hull

Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut

Hall

(India) A living room.

Hull

Persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry

Hall

(Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.

Hull

United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)

Hall

(Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.

Hull

United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)

Hall

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

Hull

A large fishing port in northeastern England

Hall

The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall.

Hull

The frame or body of ship

Hall

A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.

Hull

Remove the hulls from;
Hull the berries

Hall

A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.

Hall

A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

Hall

The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.

Hall

Cleared passageway in a crowd; - formerly an exclamation.

Hall

An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open;
The elevators were at the end of the hall

Hall

A large entrance or reception room or area

Hall

A large room for gatherings or entertainment;
Lecture hall
Pool hall

Hall

A college or university building containing living quarters for students

Hall

The large room of a manor or castle

Hall

English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

Hall

United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)

Hall

United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)

Hall

United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)

Hall

United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)

Hall

A large and imposing house

Hall

A large building used by a college or university for teaching or research;
Halls of learning

Hall

A large building for meetings or entertainment

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