What does "tavern" mean?
A restaurant or bar.
Tavern
/ˈtævən/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A restaurant or bar.
- Grammar: tavern is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: alehouse, amusement park, auberge, automat.
- Useful contrasts: home, private residence.
- Usage evidence: He would often go to that tavern.
How to use "tavern"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A restaurant or bar.
- 2 a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks wordnet
- 3 A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers. dated
"I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out."
Proper Noun
- 1 New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford. obsolete
Antonyms
homeprivate residence
Example
"He would often go to that tavern."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tavern"?
Common synonyms include: alehouse, amusement park, auberge, automat, ballroom, bar.
How do you use "tavern" in a sentence?
He would often go to that tavern.
How do you pronounce "tavern"?
Pronounced /ˈtævən/.
Etymology
From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.