pubnoun [ C ]
uk/pʌb/us/pʌb/formal public house UKA2 a place, especially in Great Britain or Ireland, where alcoholic drinks can be bought and drunk and where food is often available:
Do you want to go to (informal go down) the pub after work?
our local pub
a pub lunch.
See also
publican
local
More examples
- a pub serving traditional British fare
- He's one of the regulars at the Rose and Crown pub.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Selling & serving alcoholic drinks
- bar
- barkeeper
- barmaid
- barman
- bartender
- cut sb off
- free house
- gastropub
- hostelry
- innkeeper
- landlady
- licensee
- liquor store
- nineteenth
- public house
- publican
- roadhouse
- saloon
- saloon bar
- say when idiom
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