What does "rathskeller" mean?

A bar or restaurant in a basement, especially one that serves beer.

What is a synonym for "rathskeller"?

Common synonyms include: alehouse, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor.

Rathskeller

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A bar or restaurant in a basement, especially one that serves beer.
2
a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alehouse bar barrel house barroom beer garden beer parlor

Etymology

From German Rathskeller, obsolete spelling of Ratskeller. In English the obsolete spelling has often been retained to avoid the association with rodents.

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