Eatery
//ˈiːtəɹi// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food. informal
"Above the concourse, the underneath of the platforms has been clad with attractive wood panelling, while the columns holding them up are surrounded with seating - for use by passengers biding their time waiting for their trains, or who have used one of the 70-or-so eateries or shops that form part of the retail developments at the station."
- 2 a building where people go to eat wordnet
Example
More examples"They're at the eatery looking at the menu."
Etymology
From eat + -ery.
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