What does the following sentence mean?

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Specifically,what does the line "which all the rooms opened off" mean.Does the hallway have these doors which were open?

It means that the hallway had a door connecting it directly to every room in the house. "The room opens off of this hallway" means "there is a door from the hallway into this room"; the sentence states that every room in the house had this property. — Hellion, Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 21:17
Even if it says the rooms 'opened_off' the hallway, it doesn't mean that the doors were left open. — Hugh, Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 22:49
It a slightly strange twist on the idiomatic "the room opened off the hallway/ballroom/whatever", meaning that the main access to the room was through a doorway coming from that space. Has nothing to do with whether the door is open or closed, or whether there even is a door in the doorway. — Hot Licks, Commented Aug 18, 2015 at 0:30

Dog Lover · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-17 23:22:10Z

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It simply means that the hallway contained entrances to all the rooms; each room could be entered via the hallway.

^ It would probably look similar to this.

answered Aug 17, 2015 at 23:22

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