restaurant
noun
res·tau·rant
ˈre-stə-ˌränt 
-stränt,
also -st(ə-)rənt,
-stərnt
: a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased
Synonyms
Examples of restaurant in a Sentence
when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant
Recent Examples on the Web
In January 2022, a fight that spilled from a restaurant and involved bottle-throwing and hair-pulling ended with a man firing a gun inside a mall parking garage.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
If a property changes in use — for instance, a building that was once a residence becomes a restaurant — the county assessor is supposed to reassess the property by comparing it to similar ones.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
At that point, Reeves appears standing on the restaurant’s oversized sign and comes to help.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
The $15 drink will be served frozen, which should pair nicely with a view of the restaurant’s next-door pool.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
Hall Road is familiar territory for the restaurant group.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
Ask Ruth Reichl anything about being a restaurant critic, editor of Gourmet, and writing memoirs and fiction.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
According to a Google internal message, a change to the company’s terms of service last year was partly motivated by gaining access to user data in Google Docs and restaurant reviews on Google Maps to develop its AI products.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
This country of 51 million has more than 70,000 barbecue restaurants.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
If a property changes in use — for instance, a building that was once a residence becomes a restaurant — the county assessor is supposed to reassess the property by comparing it to similar ones.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
At that point, Reeves appears standing on the restaurant’s oversized sign and comes to help.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
The $15 drink will be served frozen, which should pair nicely with a view of the restaurant’s next-door pool.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
Hall Road is familiar territory for the restaurant group.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
Ask Ruth Reichl anything about being a restaurant critic, editor of Gourmet, and writing memoirs and fiction.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
According to a Google internal message, a change to the company’s terms of service last year was partly motivated by gaining access to user data in Google Docs and restaurant reviews on Google Maps to develop its AI products.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
This country of 51 million has more than 70,000 barbecue restaurants.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Restaurant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restaurant. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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restaurant
noun
res·tau·rant
ˈres-t(ə-)rənt
-tə-ˌränt
: a business place where meals or refreshments may be bought
Etymology
from French restaurant "food that restores, restaurant," from restaurer "to restore, renew"
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