town hall

noun

1

: a public building used for town-government offices and meetings

2

: an event at which a public official or political candidate addresses an audience by answering questions posed by individual members

Town halls have lost some of their spontaneity. The 80 or so undecided voters chosen for Tuesday's event must submit their questions in advance and moderator Candy Crowley of CNN will decide which people to call on.

—Connie Cass

Examples of town hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But also in earning back the trust of voters through town halls, which Susan Collins has not had in 25 years. —Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025

Johnson specifically pointed to several viral videos of contentious town halls where residents have criticized Alford. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025

Massie then drove two hours to a town hall and subsequently organized a fundraiser for Paul, who endorsed Massie in a crowded primary in 2012. —Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025

This money would reimburse, for example, the town of Marshall for repairing its town hall building and the North Carolina Department of Transportation for rebuilding roads and bridges. —Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for town hall

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale

Kids Definition

town hall

noun

: a public building used for offices and meetings of town government