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| cafeteria |
a dining hall or restaurant in which customers choose or are served their food at a counter. The customers then carry the food on trays to their tables. |
| chamber |
a large room or meeting hall used by people in government to make and discuss laws. [1/5 definitions] |
| corridor |
a hall or passageway. |
| gallery |
an upper floor which opens over a theater or large hall; balcony. [1/2 definitions] |
| hall |
A hall is a long, narrow space that leads to other rooms in a building. [3 definitions] |
| lobby |
a hall or open room inside the entrance of a hotel, theater, or other large building. It is often used as a waiting room. [1/3 definitions] |
| passageway |
a hall or other way along which people or things may pass. |
| rotunda |
a round building, hall, or room, especially one with a dome. |
| town hall |
A town hall is a place used by the government of a town. The mayor of a town often has his or her office there. If people need to pay taxes or fines to the town, they can pay them at the town hall. The town hall is also a place for meetings. At these meetings, people decide things that will affect the town. |
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