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

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

The play, which includes a town hall run amok, has a reputation for being shouty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Last week Burrows, who is a North Antrim MLA, told a town hall meeting that he did not support emergency general surgery being removed from Causeway Hospital.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

She had joined them two weeks ago, in the town hall, sewing singlets and towels for the soldiers.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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