From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhallwayhall‧way /ˈhɔːlweɪ $ ˈhɒːl-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 DHthe area just inside the door of a house or other building, that leads to other rooms SYN hall2 TBBa passage in a building or house that leads to many of the rooms SYN hall, corridor
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hallway• They took off their shoes in the front hallway.• The rooms are small for so many people; sound carries easily down the front stairwells and inner hallways.• Matching moulding I want to get some more moulding to match that in my hallway.• A door slammed and footfalls hammered the hallway floor.• Coats on hooks in the hallway.• The bedsheet white of the hallway was an anxious white I knew by heart.• Our communal phone is on the hallway wall by the front door.• I watched the hallways for some glimpse of Carolyn passing by. 