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

Two paintings by Auguste Renoir stolen a month ago from a museum in the south of France have been recovered, the local town hall has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Earlier this month, Kaminetsky invited top shopper Sarah Hayden to speak at an employee town hall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The town hall ended and the press gathered around him.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"That was on my mind; I didn't grasp the situation until we went to the town hall that evening. I wasn't aware that it was so big."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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

Related Words

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