hallway
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈhɔːlˌweɪ/
- US
:
pasillo
- As I walked down the long hallway, I could see several doors leading to different rooms.
- walk down the hallway
- crowded hallway
- a hallway conversation
He's in the middle of the hallway, and he's embarrassed.
- He's in the middle of the hallway, and he's embarrassed.
- Pass through the wall, go down the hallway, find the back vault door.
- He's out in the hallway and he puts the spider down.
- And I walked down this hallway and in the room is this mogul.
- I can hear my neighbors going into the hallway.
- Why is there a head in the hallway?
- And this guy walks in way down the hallway, walks in the door.
- So as always, we use the hallway as our test region.
Examples
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First things first, that hallway is the best hallway I've ever seen.
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You are going to head straight down the hallway and then turn right.
Academic text (2012) -
So as always, we use the hallway as our test region.
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And then you come down this little hallway and this is the bathroom.
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So this is the hallway going in here, as you can see.
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The teacher then used the hallway phone to call the office.
Academic text (2012) -
Facing down the length of the dark hallway towards the mouth of the stairs.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then the light from the hallway shines right into my eyes.
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At times, I would walk down our crowded hallways between classes and see students I did not recognize.
Academic text (2011) -
Salas helped him into his coat, and they walked down the hallway and the stairs together.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
594
1.0
A long indoor passage with doors to rooms
295
2.5
A long narrow passage inside a building with doors to rooms on both sides
50
3.2
A long narrow space that connects rooms or parts of a building
38
3.8
A long narrow passage in a building used for walking and viewing
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Morphology
Etymology
Hallway joins hall ('large room') and way ('path'), so it literally means the 'path' that runs through a house or building. That's why a hallway is a long, narrow passage that connects rooms.