WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pub /pʌb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a bar or tavern.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pub (pub),USA pronunciation n. - a bar or tavern.
- short for public house 1855–60
- public.
- Printingpublication.
- published.
- publisher.
- Printingpublishing.
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pub /pʌb/ n - Formal name: public house chiefly Brit a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals
- Austral NZ a hotel
vb (pubs, pubbing, pubbed)- (intransitive) informal to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing)
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pub. abbreviation for - public
- publication
- published
- publisher
- publishing