Meaning

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

    Near-synonyms: bar, taphouse, roadhouse (not always different); see also Thesaurus:pub

More definitions
  • tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Recently, many public bath-houses have gone out of business.

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Forms

plural: public houses
Singularpublic house
Pluralpublic houses

regular

Synonyms

22 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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