ENTRANCE HALL

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does entrance hall mean? 

• ENTRANCE HALL (noun)
  The noun ENTRANCE HALL has 1 sense:

1. a large entrance or reception room or area

  Familiarity information: ENTRANCE HALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTRANCE HALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large entrance or reception room or area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antechamber; anteroom; entrance hall; foyer; hall; lobby; vestibule

Hypernyms ("entrance hall" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entrance hall"):

narthex (a vestibule leading to the nave of a church)

Holonyms ("entrance hall" is a part of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

 Context examples 

The kitchen, the butler's pantry, the servants' hall, the entrance hall, were equally alive; and the saloons were only left void and still when the blue sky and halcyon sunshine of the genial spring weather called their occupants out into the grounds.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)