city hall

noun

1

: the chief administrative building of a city

2

a

: a municipal government

b

: city officialdom or bureaucracy

you can't fight city hall

Examples of city hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Ada County, drop boxes are located at city halls in Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Star and Kuna. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 2 Nov. 2026

France’s worst civil unrest for years has seen city halls and public buildings attacked. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Cities outside Paris have been hit hard by the unrest, including Limoges where a fire nearly destroyed the 19th-century city hall. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Prior to their June wedding at Ksar Char-Bagh in Marrakech, the couple exchanged vows with a city hall ceremony. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for city hall

• aerosol
• alcohol
• arbitral
• basketball
• butanol
• cannonball
• carbinol
• cortisol
• ethanol
• fireball
• gasohol
• gossypol

Kids Definition

city hall

noun

1

: the main administrative building of a city

2

a

: a municipal government

b

: city officialdom or bureaucracy

you can't fight city hall