► bar 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?
British English formal a pub