restaurant
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.
Examples
- That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life.
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
eatery, eating house, eating place, automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen, cookhouse, cookshack, diner, dining hall, hashery, hotel, luncheonette, lunchroom, noshery, restaurant
Scrabble Score: 10
restaurant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrestaurant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
restaurant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary