noun
tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
• Syn: ↑public house, ↑pub, ↑saloon, ↑gin mill, ↑taphouse
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hyponyms: ↑alehouse, ↑free house
Useful english dictionary. 2012.