Meaning & use
banquet hall
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Meaning
nouncountable
A large room or building used for formal meals and big social events such as weddings.
Grammar: Countable: one banquet hall, two banquet halls. Often used with 'in' or 'at': at a banquet hall.
Patterns
- at a banquet hall
- in the banquet hall
- rent a banquet hall
They booked a banquet hall for their wedding reception.
The hotel has a large banquet hall that seats three hundred guests.
We waited in the banquet hall before dinner was served.
Word forms
| plural | banquet halls |
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Common combinations
- rent a banquet hall
- They rented a banquet hall for the company party.
- book a banquet hall
- We need to book a banquet hall early for June.
- a banquet hall seats 200
- The banquet hall seats 200 people comfortably.
- at the banquet hall
- The guests gathered at the banquet hall at seven.
Synonyms and how they differ
- function room
- More common in British English for a room hired for parties or meetings; 'banquet hall' sounds larger and more formal.
- ballroom
- A very large room mainly for dancing; a banquet hall is mainly for eating and formal events.
Commonly confused: banquet hall or banquet?
banquet hall vs banquet
A banquet is the formal meal itself, while a banquet hall is the place where it happens.
Practice
The wedding reception will be held ___ a banquet hall near the river.
Choose one answer.
'At a banquet hall' is the natural phrase for an event location. 'In' is possible for being inside the room, but 'at' is the standard choice for an event venue.
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