town hall

American  

noun

• town halls
  plural

1. a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.

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town hall British  

noun

1. the chief building in which municipal business is transacted, often with a hall for public meetings

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• town halls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of town hall

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

town hall

Recent model advancements have fueled a flurry of private conversations inside the companies in Slack channels and town hall meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The town hall ended and the press gathered around him.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Great companies are incredibly comfortable sharing successes and sharing wins,” she said at a town hall in the offices of one of her most important franchises, “Minecraft,” last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

On a rainy Monday night during a town hall event led by Greenpeace Australia Pacific at the Lane Cove library, locals say they were never consulted on their area becoming a data centre hub.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

He reached out to the heads of the agencies to see if they might be willing to answer questions from locals at a town hall meeting.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

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