restaurant
Meanings
Plural: restaurants
Noun
- a building where people go to eat
- An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“I restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.
Synonyms
automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen, cookhouse, cookshack, diner, dining hall, eatery, eating house, eating place, hashery, hotel, luncheonette, lunchroom, noshery, restaurant
Scrabble Score: 10
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