Barroom

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. Canada, US

    "Sporting a woolly cardigan with four buttons on top of an Oxford smock without a collar, our man has a faintly folksy look about him, calling to mind a zingaro or a gypsy, a carny or a Mongol, but also (switching to a wholly distinct mythology and iconography) a hippy strumming his guitar in a barroom in Haight-Ashbury or at Big Sur or in Katmandu."

  2. 2
    a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter wordnet

Synonyms

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taproomalehousebarbarbarrel housebeer garden

Example

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"Tom intervened in a barroom fight and ended up with a black eye."

Etymology

From bar + room.

Related phrases

barroom brawl

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