English Explanatory Dictionary

public house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bar or tavern, often selling food and sometimes lodging; an inn.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-public house.wav

Word forms

public house public houses

Synonyms

bar taphouse roadhouse alehouse boozer boozing ken bousing ken drinker drinkery gargle-factory gin joint groggery local nineteenth hole pot-house pub public house rummery saloon tavern watering hole

Related words

pub off-licence

Derived words

pub
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