town hall
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A building that houses the local government offices of a town.
noun
The town council.
noun
A widely accessible meeting, particularly where the audience is allowed to interact with the speakers.
Canadian usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake."
- "The president plans to speak to a town hall of employees at its headquarters on Monday."
- "" […] Sure, you can come down to City Hall when we have a Town Hall Meeting. Write to Maureen Connelly and she'll arrange it. […]""
- "And in just a few minutes, we'll bring you tonight's town hall debate from here at Washington University in Saint Louis."
- "The Form 2s are planning to host a town hall meeting with the women of Mara Moja and other local communities to teach the women more effective hygiene practices […]"