hallway

noun

hall·​way ˈhȯl-ˌwā How to pronounce hallway (audio)
Synonyms of hallwaynext
1
: an entrance hall
2

Examples of hallway in a Sentence

Her office is at the end of the hallway. I'll meet you in the front hallway.
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Officers and paramedics found Moore lying face down in a hallway with multiple gunshot wounds. Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026 Chalker, posing as a curious junior researcher, might arrange to bump into the scientist in a hallway and ask a question about his long-ago dissertation. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Runyan said Ghazali sat in the parking lot for a few hours before smashing his pickup through closed doors and into the hallway of an early childhood education area, striking a security guard. CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 Ghazali, 41, of Dearborn Heights, sat in the synagogue parking lot for several hours before driving his pickup through closed doors and into a hallway near an early childhood education area, striking a security guard. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hallway

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of hallway was in 1855

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallway. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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hallway

noun
hall·​way ˈhȯl-ˌwā How to pronounce hallway (audio)
1
: an entrance hall
2

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