Town hall

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building that houses the local government offices of a town.

    "Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all."

  2. 2
    a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government wordnet
  3. 3
    The town council. broadly
  4. 4
    A widely accessible meeting, particularly where the audience is allowed to interact with the speakers. Canada, US

    "The president plans to speak to a town hall of employees at its headquarters on Monday."

Synonyms

All synonyms
city council meetingcity hallcity hallcivic engagementcommunity centercommunity meeting

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"Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all."

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