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name
New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: Oxford University slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A restaurant or bar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Synonyms: inn, 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
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tap house
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building, edifice
Narrower terms: beer garden, bucket shop, public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse, rathskeller, shebeen
History
From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.
Across languages
120 source translations are retained for this English entry.
