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noun
A tavern or restaurant in which the primary drink served is beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: alehouse, beer parlour, beer bar, pub, saloon, brewpub
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: house, place, site, location
History
From Middle English beerhouse, from Old English *bēorhūs, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀahūs (“beerhouse”), equivalent to beer + house.
