tavern
Meanings
Plural: taverns
Noun
- a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
- A restaurant or bar.
- A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.
Synonyms
alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, inn, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house, pub, public house, rummery, saloon, tap house, tavern, watering hole
Scrabble Score: 9
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