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

Last week, scores of angry residents voiced their grievances at Stevenson Middle School, where Lineage Logistics and public officials held a town hall meeting to share details on the cleanup plan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Explaining the city’s importance to employees at an internal town hall earlier this year, Chief Commercial Officer Nat Pieper touted a 20% increase in credit-card signups in Chicago over the previous nine months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“We feel we have a very strong case,” Bonta said Tuesday during a town hall meeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

At town hall meetings, McRae is trying to sound the alarm and rally other local ranchers to speak out against new data center projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Finally I swung myself one-handed by an eave-pipe onto the flat stone roof of the town hall.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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• city center
• courthouse
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