Definition of Hallway

1. Noun. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open. "The elevators were at the end of the hall"

Exact synonyms: Hall
Terms within: Ceiling, Floor, Flooring, Wall
Specialized synonyms: Concourse
Generic synonyms: Corridor

Definition of Hallway

1. Noun. A corridor in a building that connects rooms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hallway

1. a hall [n -WAYS] - See also: hall

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hallway

hallucinogenics
hallucinogenlike
hallucinogens
hallucinoses
hallucinosis
hallus
hallux
hallux dolorosus
hallux extensus
hallux flexus
hallux malleus
hallux rigidus
hallux valgus
hallux varus
halluxes
hallway (current term)
hallways
hallyon
hallyons
halm
halma
halmas
halmases
halmos
halmote
halmotes
halms
halo
halo-
halo-halo

Literary usage of Hallway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Model Housing Law by Lawrence Veiller, Russell Sage Foundation (1914)
"In a similar way without a provision of this kind it would be possible where an existing public hallway extends to the rear of the dwelling, running through ..."

2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1892)
"12 m 13 A hallway and Dock Company. 2» ¡ 12 e_s ia rf-13/ 11 r ' Hull. Bam«ley and West Riding Junction Isle of Wight, 18/12rt-26/iao—15«S^ to Vera Cruz ..."

3. Law of Real Property: Being a Complete Compendium of Real Estate Law by Emerson Etheridge Ballard, Tilghman Ethan Ballard, Arthur Walker Blakemore (1903)
"Common hallway—Liability of one tenant to another for dangerous condition. Where a hallway in the rear of a room occupied by the defendant as a store room ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"Des Moines City hallway Co., 214 US 179, 29 Sup. Ct 553, 53 L. Ed. 958, and In principle in Defiance Water Co. v. Defiance, 191 US 184, 24 Sup. Ct 63, 48 b. ..."

5. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... to hallway, and the day following to Amboy. On the 30th, at ten in the forenoon, the troops began to cross over to Staten Island, and the rear guard, ..."

6. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
""take your brother into the hallway. I am going to write a note that your mother will have to sign before David comes back to school, after his two-week ..."

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