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6 : a place used for public entertainment

Synonyms

[4a] entry, foyer, lobby, vestibule; also antechamber, anteroom, waiting room; doorway, entrance, threshold

[4b] corridor, gallery, hallway, passage; also arcade, breezeway, cloister

[6] arena, theater; also amphitheater, hippodrome, house, playhouse; ballroom; lyceum; chamber, senate

hal·le·lu·jah interjection [ORIGIN: Heb hallělūyāh praise (ye) the Lord]

— used to express praise, joy, or thanks

hall·mark noun 1 : a mark put on an article to indicate origin, purity, or genuineness

2 : a distinguishing characteristic

Synonyms

emblem, logo, symbol, trademark—more at EMBLEM

hal·low verb 1 : to make holy or set apart for holy use

2 : REVERE

Synonyms

bless, consecrate, sanctify—more at BLESS

hal·lowed adjective 1 : made or declared sacred

2 : regarded as worthy of great honor

Synonyms

[1] blessed, holy, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified—more at HOLY

[2] reverend, venerable—more at VENERABLE

Hal·low·een also Hal·low·e'en noun : the evening of October 31 observed esp. by children in merrymaking and masquerading

hal·lu·ci·nate verb -nat·ed; -nat·ing : to have hallucinations or experience as a hallucination

hal·lu·ci·na·tion noun 1 : perception of objects with no reality due usu. to use of drugs or to disorder of the nervous system

2 : something perceived by hallucination

— hal·lu·ci·na·to·ry adjective

Synonyms

chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy, figment, illusion, phantasm, pipe dream, unreality, vision—more at FANTASY

hal·lu·ci·no·gen noun : a substance that induces hallucinations

— hal·lu·ci·no·gen·ic adjective or noun

hall·way noun 1 : an entrance hall

2 : a passageway into which compartments or rooms open : CORRIDOR

Synonyms

corridor, gallery, hall, passage—more at HALL

ha·lo noun, plural halos or haloes [ORIGIN: L halos, fr. Gk halōs threshing floor, disk, halo]

1 : a circle of light appearing to surround a shining body (as the sun)

2 : the aura of glory surrounding an idealized person or thing

1halogen noun : any of the five elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine

2halogen adjective : containing, using, or being a halogen

1halt adjective : LAME

2halt noun : a stop in an action or process

Synonyms

cessation, close, closure, conclusion, end, ending, expiration, finish, lapse, shutdown, stop, stoppage, termination—more at END

3halt verb 1 : to stop marching or traveling

2 : to come or bring to an end : DISCONTINUE

Synonyms

break, break off, cease, cut, desist, discontinue, drop, end, knock off, layoff, leave off, quit, shut off, stop—more at STOP

arrest, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, hold up, stall, stay, still, stop; also balk, block, blockade, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, stem; conclude, end, terminate; call, discontinue, suspend; clamp down, rein (in), squelch, squash, stamp, stanch, stunt, suppress, turn back

1halter noun 1 : a rope or strap for leading or tying an animal; also : HEADSTALL

2 : NOOSE

3 : a brief blouse held in place by straps around the neck and across the back

2halter verb hal·tered; hal·ter·ing 1 : to catch with or as if with a halter; also : to put a halter on (as a horse)

2 : HANG

3 : IMPEDE, RESTRAIN

halt·ing adjective : UNCERTAIN, FALTERING

— halt·ing·ly adverb

halve verb halved; halv·ing 1 : to divide into two equal parts

2 : to reduce to one half

halv·ers noun plural : half shares : HALVES

halves plural of HALF

hal·yard noun : a rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering (as sails)

1ham noun 1 : a buttock with its associated thigh — usu. used in pl.

2 : a cut of meat and esp. pork from the thigh

3 : a showy performer

4 : an operator of an amateur radio station

— ham adjective

2ham verb hammed; ham·ming : to overplay a part : OVERACT

ham·burg·er or ham·burg noun [ORIGIN: G Hamburger of Hamburg, Germany]

1 : ground beef

2 : a sandwich consisting of a ground-beef patty in a round roll