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entrance hall

n. a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule]

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Entrance Hall

The Entrance Hall (also called the Grand Foyer) is the primary and formal entrance to the White House, the official residence of the President of the United States. The room is rectilinear in shape and measures approximately 31 by 44 feet. Located on the State Floor, the room is entered from outdoors through the North Portico, which faces the North Lawn and Pennsylvania Avenue. The south side of the room opens to the Cross Hall through a screen of paired Roman Doric columns. The east wall opens to the Grand Staircase.

Usage examples of "entrance hall".

Her maid and cook, when she had employed them, had shared a room off the entrance hall opposite hers.

At first she thought it was the dim light of the passage, but when she got into the entrance hall, she could plainly see that the two was underscored: it wasn't a half-mark, which would have been scored above.

On my way through the marbled entrance hall I checked for company and saw none: I'd told Kityakara I didn't want any and he'd understood.

You will recall that he has an extensive security system that involves a three-door entrance hall.

Trembling, she threw herself into Metis's arms, then rose to her full stature and began to quickly straighten her clothing as she made her way to the atrium, the main room and entrance hall of the apartment.

The entrance hall was paved with colored marble, the stairways had railings of hand-wrought aluminum, the shower stalls were glass-enclosed, the recreation rooms had gold-leafed Corinthian pilasters.

That meant the first-years must have crossed the lake and reached the castle, and sure enough, a few seconds later, the doors from the Entrance Hall opened.

Ron opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione nudged him hard in the ribs and jerked her head towards the Entrance Hall.

I was just walking past her in the entrance hall - she was standing there talking to Diggory - and it sort of came over me - and I asked her!

Then, with the eyes of every person in the entrance hall upon him, he took a great breath and stepped over the line.

Ron opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione nudged him hard in the ribs and jerked her head toward the entrance hall.

As he rounded the corner back into the entrance hall, he checked his watch.