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tav·ern
(tăv′ərn)n.
1. A place of business that serves alcoholic beverages and often basic meals.
2. An inn for travelers.
[Middle English taverne, from Old French, from Latin taberna, hut, tavern, probably from *traberna, from trabs, trab-, beam; see trave.]
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tavern
(ˈtævən)n
1. (Commerce) a less common word for pub
2. (Commerce) US and Eastern Canadian and NZ a place licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink
[C13: from Old French taverne, from Latin taberna hut]
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tav•ern
(ˈtæv ərn)n.
1. a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
2. a public house for travelers and others; inn.
[1250–1300; Middle English taverne < Old French < Latin taberna hut, inn, shop]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() beer garden - tavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are served bucket shop - (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse, saloon - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals rathskeller - a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall shebeen - unlicensed drinking establishment |
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tavern
noun inn, bar, pub (informal, chiefly Brit.), public house, watering hole (facetious slang), boozer (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), hostelry, alehouse (archaic), taproom The tavern was packed with about 120 drinkers.
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"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn" [Dr. Johnson]
"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn" [Dr. Johnson]
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tavern
(ˈtӕvən) noun an inn or public house. The travellers stopped at a tavern for a meal and a mug of ale.taberna
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