free house
A public house that is not owned or managed by a brewery company, and can therefore…A public house that is not owned or managed by a brewery company, and can therefore stock a range of beers from several producers
» He always seems to be living rent-free in somebody's house.
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1 senses(UK)A public house that is not owned or managed by a brewery company, and can therefore stock a range of beers from several producers
a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
Examples
3 sentencesHe always seems to be living rent-free in somebody's house.
My house is a mortgage-free house.
deMein Haus ist nicht mit einer Hypothek belastet. — lilygilder
The ninth pub on their pub crawl was a free house.
deDer neunte Pub auf der Kneipentour war ein unabhängiger. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Forms
plural: free houses| Singular | free house |
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Antonyms
4 antonymsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.