tavern

tav·ern

T0062100 (tăv′ərn)n.1. A place of business that serves alcoholic beverages and often basic meals.2. An inn for travelers.

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[Middle English taverne, from Old French, from Latin taberna, hut, tavern, probably from *traberna, from trabs, trab-, beam; see trave.]

tavern

(ˈtævən) n1. (Commerce) a less common word for pub2. (Commerce) US and Eastern Canadian and NZ a place licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink[C13: from Old French taverne, from Latin taberna hut]

tav•ern

(ˈtæv ərn)

n. 1. a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises. 2. a public house for travelers and others; inn. [1250–1300; Middle English taverne < Old French < Latin taberna hut, inn, shop]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tavern - a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinkstap housebeer garden - tavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are servedbucket shop - (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucketbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse, saloon - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light mealsrathskeller - a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hallshebeen - unlicensed drinking establishment

tavern

noun inn, bar, pub (informal, chiefly Brit.), public house, watering hole (facetious slang), boozer (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), hostelry, alehouse (archaic), taproom The tavern was packed with about 120 drinkers.Quotations
"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn" [Dr. Johnson]

Translations

客栈小旅馆小酒馆

tavern

(ˈtӕvən) noun an inn or public house. The travellers stopped at a tavern for a meal and a mug of ale. 小酒館，小旅館, 客棧 小酒馆，小旅馆，客栈