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

About 200 people gathered at the town hall in Le Porge, south-western France, on Monday, where 183 homes burned down.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

In July, their frustrations boiled over in a packed town hall meeting at Shorter’s church.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Last April, Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut said during a CNN town hall that she wishes she had voted differently.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

People have already started returning postal votes to town hall and most registered voters will go to polling stations on 13 August.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Souilly was barely a hamlet surrounded by farmland, a cluster of small cottages spoking out like a wheel from a modest stone town hall.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Related Words

• city center
• courthouse
• town house