| facility | a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you, a cell phone with internet facility |
| facility | something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service, catering facilities, toilet facilities, educational facilities |
| dining | the act of eating dinner |
chow
chow chow | breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues, believed to have originated in northern China |
anteroom
antechamber
entrance hall
hall foyer
lobby
vestibule | a large entrance or reception room or area |
| assembly hall | a hall where many people can congregate |
| athletic facility | a facility for athletic events |
ballroom
dance hall
dance palace | large room used mainly for dancing |
| beer hall | a hall or barroom featuring beer and (usually) entertainment |
billiard room
billiard saloon
billiard parlor
billiard parlour
billiard hall | a room in which billiards is played |
| cafeteria facility | (usually plural) facilities for providing food for employees or visitors |
| city hall | a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government |
| concert hall | a hall where concerts are given |
| dining area | an area arranged for dining, they put up tents for the dining area |
dining car
diner
dining compartment
buffet car | a passenger car where food is served in transit |
| dining-hall | a large room at a college or university, used especially for dining |
dining room
diningoom | a room used for dining |
dining table
board | a table at which meals are served, he helped her clear the dining table, a feast was spread upon the board |
dock
dockage
docking facility | landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired, may have gates to let water in or out, the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late |
dormitory
dorm
residence hall
hall student residence | a college or university building containing living quarters for students |
exhibition hall
exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
facility
installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry, the assembly plant is an enormous facility |
| great hall | the principal hall in a castle or mansion, can be used for dining or entertainment |
| hall | a large building for meetings or entertainment |
| hall | a large room for gatherings or entertainment, lecture hall, pool hall |
| hall | a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research, halls of learning |
| Hall of Fame | a building containing trophies honoring famous people |
| hall of residence | a university dormitory |
hallway
hall | an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open, the elevators were at the end of the hall |
| Independence Hall | the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed |
manor hall
hall | the large room of a manor or castle |
mansion
mansion house
manse hall residence | a large and imposing house |
medical building
health facility
healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
mess
mess hall | a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax |
music hall
vaudeville theater
vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged |
| National Baseball Hall of Fame | a Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown, New York, honoring great baseball players |
penal institution
penal facility | an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public |
public toilet
comfort station
public convenience
convenience public lavatory
restroom
toilet facility
wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
recreational facility
recreation facility | a public facility for recreation |
research center
research facility | a center where research is done |
| study hall | a classroom reserved for study |
| town hall | a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government |
wind farm
wind park
wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
facility
readiness | a natural effortlessness, they conversed with great facility, a happy readiness of conversation--Jane Austen |
adeptness
adroitness
deftness
facility
quickness | skillful performance or ability without difficulty, his quick adeptness was a product of good design, he was famous for his facility as an archer |
| hall pass | written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school |
vaudeville
music hall | a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. |
slang
cant
jargon
lingo
argot
patois vernacular | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves), they don't speak our lingo |
| rhyming slang | slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component, Cockney rhyming slang |
slang slang expression
slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
chow
chuck eats
grub | informal terms for a meal |
| chow mein | chop suey served with fried noodles |
Tammany Hall
Tammany Society
Tammany | a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 's and early 's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism |
| extended care facility | a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness) |
| hiring hall | a union-operated placement office where jobs are allotted to applicants according to seniority or rotation |
| chow line | a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp) |
Zhou
Zhou dynasty
Chou
Chou dynasty
Chow
Chow dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from to BC, notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism |
doorkeeper
doorman
door guard
hall porter
porter gatekeeper
ostiary | someone who guards an entrance |
tablemate
dining companion | someone you dine with |
Hall
Asaph Hall | United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (-) |
| Hall Charles Francis Hall | United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (-) |
| Hall Charles Martin Hall | United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (-) |
Hall G. Stanley Hall
Granville Stanley Hall | United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (-) |
Hall Radclyffe Hall
Marguerite Radclyffe Hall | English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (-) |
McCormick Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus Hall McCormick | United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (-) |
Hall's honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica halliana | a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine, established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States |
| study hall | a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study |
| slang | abuse with coarse language |
a gull
dupe
slang befool
cod fool put on
take in
put one over put one across | fool or hoax, The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone, You can't fool me! |
| slang | use slang or vulgar language |