pub

Plural: pubs

Noun

• A public house, especially in Britain; a tavern.
• tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
• A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
• A public server.
• Clipping of publication.
• Clipping of publisher.

Verb

• To go to one or more public houses.
• to publish

Examples

• After the Scrabble tournament, they headed to the PUB to discuss their plays.

Synonyms

gin mill, pothouse, public house, saloon, taphouse, alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house, pub, rummery, tavern, watering hole

Related Words

café, call time, closing time, drinking-up time, happy hour, inn, last call, last orders, liquor store, lock-in, lodging place, off-licence, prop up the bar, pub crawl, restaurant, tavern