pubpub /pʌb/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Do you fancy going to the pub? a pub lunch the pub landlord
Word OriginWORD ORIGINpub
ExamplesOrigin:
1800-1900 public houseEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- After dinner they had walked in the grounds as a threesome before Lee had suggested another trip to the pub.
- If the plans get the go-ahead the Inn will become a hotel, pub and nightclub with a restaurant and cocktail bar.
- The pub was a pullulating stew of people, swelling and bubbling behind a screen of smoke.
- The development of pub retailing has shown a corrective instinct for seeking to set a purpose built business in the right location.
- The nearest centre with camping, chip shops, pubs etc is St Just, five miles south down the B3306.
- Tired of tiptoeing through your neighbour's tulips after a heavy night down the pub?
THESAURUS► bar
Collocations a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks: · A man went into a bar and ordered a drink.· Let’s meet up in the hotel bar.· The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants.· The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
► pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served: · Do you fancy going to the pub?· a country pub
► public house British English formal a pub: · The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.
► somebody’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to: · The Red Lion’s my local.
► inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub: · The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century.· The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).
► gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food: · a gastropub with a riverside restaurant· the Windmill Gastropub
► tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs: · the Turf Tavern· Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.
► watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink: · The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists.· What’s your favorite watering hole?
► dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirty: · The place is a bit of dive.
► honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played: · They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.
► saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax: · I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West.· Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?
WORD SETS► Leisureairbed, nounalbum, nounamusement arcade, nounamusement park, nounaquarium, nounarcade, nounauditorium, nounbachelor party, nounball, nounballoon, nounballroom, nounballroom dancing, nounbank holiday, nounbanquet, nounbanqueting hall, nounbarhop, verbbash, nounbask, verbbean feast, nounbeauty contest, nounbeer mat, nounblock party, nounboathouse, nounbon vivant, nounbooking, nounbooze-up, nounbop, nounbouncer, nounbrasserie, nounbumper car, nounbus, verbcafé, nouncaff, nouncanteen, nouncard, nouncarnival, nouncarousel, nouncarry-out, nouncarvery, nouncassette player, nouncassette recorder, nounceilidh, nounchannel surfing, nouncheckroom, nouncircus, nouncloakroom, nounclosing time, nounclubbing, nouncoconut shy, nouncoffee house, nouncoffee shop, nouncommunity centre, nouncomp, nounconcession stand, nouncounty fair, nouncracker, noundating agency, nounday camp, noundesignated driver, noundinner dance, noundinner party, noundisco, noundiscotheque, noundive, noundiversion, noundivert, verbdo, noundoor prize, noundrinks party, nouneat, verbfad, nounfandango, nounfanzine, nounflower arranging, nounfootpath, nounfree house, noungame, nounget-together, nounhappy hour, nounholdall, nounhouse party, nounice skate, nounice-skate, verbjukebox, nounjumble, nounjumble sale, nounknitting needle, nounleisure centre, nounlending library, nounlounge, nounlounge bar, nounmacramé, nounmask, nounmasked ball, nounmasquerade, nounmaster of ceremonies, nounmatador, nounmaypole, nounMC, nounmen's room, nounmerrymaking, nounmixer, nounnightclub, nounnightlife, nounnight spot, nounoffice party, nounopening time, nounopen mike, nounorgy, nounouting, nounpageant, nounpageantry, nounPancake Day, nounparty, nounparty, verbparty favor, nounparty piece, nounpeepshow, nounpep rally, nounperm, verbpetting zoo, nounPG, nounpinball, nounpitch, nounpizzeria, nounpony-trekking, nounpostprandial, adjectivepress, nounpub, nounpub-crawl, nounpublican, nounpublic bar, nounquality time, nounquiz, nounR & R, nounradio-cassette player, nounraffle, nounraffle, verbrave, nounrecreation, nounrecreation room, nounrelaxation, nounrendezvous, nounrest room, nounrevel, verbreveller, nounrevelry, nounrifle range, nounroadhouse, nounroast, nounrodeo, nounRollerblade, nounroller skate, nounround, nounsaloon, nounsauna, nounset, adjectiveshooting gallery, nounshower, nounsideshow, nounsiesta, nounsingalong, nounsingsong, nounskinny-dipping, nounsnack bar, nounsnug, nounsocial, nounsoda fountain, nounsoiree, nounsolarium, nounspectator, nounspree, nounsteakhouse, nounstrip club, nounstrip joint, nounstripper, nounstrip show, nounstriptease, nounsummer camp, nounsummer holidays, nounsummer vacation, nounsunbed, nounsunlamp, nountable d'hôte, nountavern, nounteahouse, nountearoom, nountea shop, nountheme party, nounthree-star, adjectivetop table, nountrophy, nounTurkish bath, nounvacation, nounvideo arcade, nounwander, nounwassail, verbweekend, verbweekender, nounwindow-shopping, nounwomen's room, nounworkbasket, nounzoo, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► local
a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served → bar: · It took a long time to bring the fire under control, the local pubs kept open for three days and nights.· Extinction might be expected to occur if your local pub stopped selling your favourite drink.· Up for a game of darts at the local pub?· By the time they arrived Davidson, 38, had gone to his local pub at Ewhurst, Surrey.· Teka has become a regular at her local pub.· Flooding affected two roads, nearby homes and local pubs.
► old· There are several old pubs sited around the centre of the town.· If that was its method of discouraging tourists in their search for quaint old London pubs, it was highly successful.· An old pub with beamed ceilings, smoke-blackened, and a log fire crackling and spitting inside a deep alcove.· Bannerman's Bar Old worlde pub in heart of the told town.· From Thaxted we went to a lovely old thatched pub called the Ashtree at Burton End.· The pressure to remodel old pubs is of course nothing new.· What gossip might he learn in the old Nell Gwyn pub down the end of the King's Road?· Holyrood Tavern A completely refurbished tavern which still retains much of the character of the old pub.
► traditional· Drinkers Plan: The traditional pub crawl doesn't have to be another dreary Friday night wander.· Her husband Ian says traditional pubs - without loud music - are still an attraction and meeting place for locals.· In just six months a new Hardys & Hansons traditional style pub will have been built on the spot.· They fear plans to widen the availability of alcohol licenses could see off many traditional pubs.· Why can we not be told? - why are we losing the heritage of so many traditional pubs?· And they fear it could mean the end of traditional pubs.· Enjoy a traditional pub lunch or go shopping in familiar named stores in the busy Main Street.
NOUN► country· We were going to a country pub for lunch.· Voice over Landlords say they're increasingly serving more food than drink, especially in country pubs.· It was supposed to be a romantic evening at a remote country pub.· But a country pub is where I'd really like to cook.· This is a landscape of church towers, thatch roofs and cider orchards with welcoming country pubs.· It was the free-standing sort that might have stood outside a country pub.
► crawl· Drinkers Plan: The traditional pub crawl doesn't have to be another dreary Friday night wander.· The last bar on my pub crawl is the most contentious.· But it was more than just a pub crawl.
► village· Five minutes later he saw the lights of a village pub.· A VILLAGE pub landlord looks set to leave his business because of crippling rent rises.· The village pub attached to the hotel has bar lunches of salmon pâté on wholemeal toast.· During a lunch break I sat with him in a village pub where he put away a few pints.· And the local village pub is also looking forward to welcoming the new customers.· They went to the village pub for lunch.· The ground was situated within sight of the village pub.· The Sheep Heid A delightful village pub with traditions going back to the eighteenth-century.
VERB► drink· Herbie never drank at the pub.· He still enjoyed returning to his roots, drinking in the pub with old mates or taking his Ma to the Odeon.· It's thought they may have been drinking in this pub on Wellingborough road earlier in the evening.· As Polly got older she had begun to find it safer to drink only in the pub.· I'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who'd been drinking in the pub.· The group had been drinking at a nearby pub in Uckington, Glos.
► go· He used to take me to smashing places, had a super car, we'd go to these posh pubs.· Metcalf had taken the weekend off from work and gone to a pub with her sister.· He had decided not to go straight home, or to go to the pub yet.· He would definitely go to the pub later, he decided.· I go to a pub across the road to await the 10.19.· The shops had shut and people were wandering around arm in arm and going into pubs and restaurants.
► leave· Then as Parratt left the pub he punched his fist through a pane of glass in the door.· Now the beer is ready for the final stage in the brewery before it leaves for the pub cellar.· It was just the two of them left in the pub.· Mr Smith said Mr Curren had since left the pub and Spanswick had not been in touch with him since the incident.· Male speaker It's a good idea, because the residents are often asked to leave other pubs.· When Bob and Terry left the pub, they went straight to Terry's sister's flat.· There was an Audi which passed me soon after I'd left the pub.· I believe now the driver - I didn't see who it was - was checking that I had left the pub.
► meet· He sometimes had to disappear to the lavatory several times when they met in a pub or café.· She'd meet him in a pub called the Camden Head, at nine.· By December the team were meeting in the pub, ready for the birthday in April.
► run· My father was a ferrier and ran the pub and business together.· Mr Speight was married with two young children and ran a pub in Farsley, Leeds.· The families which ran the pubs were closely related to the rest of the community.· Less outrageous alternative careers included medicine, law, cooking, running a pub and a life on the buses.· He was expected to slip into management with ease, but instead Moore moved into business, running a pub.
► visit· Under such circumstances the frequency with which you visited the pub would be likely to decrease gradually over time.· The brewery employs people to visit its pubs anonymously to quantify the effects of these charters.· They visited pubs all over the country, immersing themselves in pub culture - playing darts and drinking with the lads.· I visited the pub several times during that year, but the newspaper hadn't yet been published.· Entire families were prisoners because of quarantine regulations, schools were closed and farm folk forbidden to visit pubs.· Less than one in two women visits a pub regularly, compared with two-thirds of men.· Nicola fancies Andrew when he visits the pub.
► walk· A woman has been attacked and raped by two men as she walked home from a pub.· That night as we walked past the pub next door to the hotel we heard a band playing 60s songs.· He needed to walking into a pub like the Old Sydney.· He was walking home from the pub through Swindon town centre when two police officers approached him.· You'd walk into a pub in one and, Whoop! some one wanted to try it on.· As we walked into the pub, the landlord was slouching over the bar reading a newspaper.
Do you fancy going to the pub? a pub lunch the pub landlord