Restaurant

//ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

    "That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life."

  2. 2
    a building where people go to eat wordnet

Synonyms

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eateryautomatautomatbeanerybeanerybistro

Example

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"I found that restaurant by accident."

Etymology

Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“I restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.

Related phrases

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