noun
pub
An establishment serving alcoholic drinks and often food.
The neighborhood pub serves local beer and homemade burgers.
Etymology
Pub is a shortening of public house. The longer expression distinguished an establishment open to customers for drinking from a private household.
More examples
- We meet at the pub for a drink after work.
- Several pubs downtown stay open until midnight.
- This pub has a full dinner menu.
Forms
pub · pubs