Hal

¹ American  

[hal] / hæl /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Harold.

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HAL ² American  

abbreviation

1. halogen lamp.

   The KL 1500 HAL is a 150-watt halogen cold light source.

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hal- ³ American  

1. variant of halo- before a vowel.

   halite.

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hal- British  

combining form

1. a variant of halo-

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Example Sentences

But it was his star turn as a young, death obsessed Harold who falls in love with Maude, a charming elderly woman played by Ruth Gordon, in Hal Ashby's beloved film that stayed with audiences throughout his 50-year career.

From BBC

Cort’s defining role came the following year in director Hal Ashby’s “Harold and Maude.”

From Los Angeles Times

The 1970s were a humanistic era of filmmaking, defined by filmmakers ranging from Martin Scorsese to Hal Ashby, and Reeve chose to locate the human in Superman not through his nervous Clark, but through the genuine tension in his romance with Lois Lane, then played by Margot Kidder.

From The Wall Street Journal

Buying physical goods, as opposed to renting a movie or planning a trip, allows people to feel some sense of control during an uncontrollable event, said Hal Hershfield, a psychologist and professor of behavioral decision-making at the University of California, Los Angeles.

From MarketWatch

In 2010, Brendan, Celia and their son Hal were living in Chester, near daughters Lauren and Alexi, when a newspaper ad caught their eye.

From BBC