hallway
gb/hˈɔlwˌeɪ/ us/hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
A2
English
~ 900
Senses
0 senses
Noun
A2
entity
1
Indoor passage connecting rooms
A long, narrow space inside a building that leads to other rooms.
Usage pattern:
[someone] walks down the hallway
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'hallway' with 'hall'; in American English 'hallway' usually means the passage, while 'hall' can also mean a large room.
Synonyms
corridor (More formal term, often used in public or institutional buildings.)
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passageway (General term for any passage; less common in everyday speech.)
Antonyms
room (A separate enclosed space, rather than a connecting passage.)
Collocations
long hallway
|narrow hallway
|school hallway
|dark hallway
|walk down the hallway
Themes
daily life
|housing
|architecture
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- The children ran down the hallway to their classrooms.
- She hung family photos along the hallway.
- A faint smell of baking drifted through the hallway.
- The hotel’s hallway was lined with thick carpet.
- We met in the hallway outside the meeting room.
Learner examples
- The cat is in the hallway.
- I walk down the hallway to my room.
- There is a light in the hallway.
- My shoes are in the hallway.
- The hallway is very long.
Grammar
Expressions
down the hallway
1/dˈaʊn ðə hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
fixed phrase
Moving along a hallway
Going from one end of the hallway toward another place.
Examples
- The bathroom is down the hallway on the left.
- He walked down the hallway to greet her.
in the hallway
1/ˈɪn ðə hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
fixed phrase
Located inside a hallway
Inside the passage in a building that connects rooms.
Examples
- I left my bag in the hallway.
- They were talking quietly in the hallway after class.