noun
restaurant
RES-trahnt/ˈrestrɑːnt/
A business where customers buy and eat prepared meals.
A waiter serves meals while a diner offers payment in the restaurant.
Etymology
Restaurant originally named “food that restores,” using the participle of restaurer, “to restore or refresh.” The name shifted from restorative food to an establishment where meals could be bought and eaten.
In context
… outside of a new thai restaurant that is serving healthy thai lunch food called seven elephants …
More examples
- We booked a table at the new restaurant.
- Three restaurants share the old market building.
- The restaurant closes between lunch and dinner.
Forms
restaurant · restaurants
Similar words
- diner
- A particular casual type of restaurant.
- cafe
- Often smaller and focused on drinks or light meals.