: a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor : bar entry 1 sense 5b
a barroom brawl
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a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day
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The anthem – a glorious combination of perseverance and pride – was soon covered by Elvis Presley and Sid Vicious and remains a staple of karaoke nights, barroom jukeboxes, sporting events and funerals.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
By the early 1930s, widespread crime, tainted liquor and the need for tax revenue fueled public dissatisfaction, ultimately leading to Prohibition’s repeal in 1933 and the return of regulated barrooms.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
At street level, there’s a barroom, moodily dark and intimate; upstairs, in the more formal dining room, ivory-colored walls and a run of windows give the space an airier, more open feel.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
These movies—including the seven-hour-long Sátántangó, a centerpiece of which is a shambling dance in a barroom—often swap the meandering sentence for a single camera shot that lasts 10 minutes or more.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
By the early 1930s, widespread crime, tainted liquor and the need for tax revenue fueled public dissatisfaction, ultimately leading to Prohibition’s repeal in 1933 and the return of regulated barrooms.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
At street level, there’s a barroom, moodily dark and intimate; upstairs, in the more formal dining room, ivory-colored walls and a run of windows give the space an airier, more open feel.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
These movies—including the seven-hour-long Sátántangó, a centerpiece of which is a shambling dance in a barroom—often swap the meandering sentence for a single camera shot that lasts 10 minutes or more.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Barroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barroom. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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barroom
noun
bar·room
ˈbär-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a place of business for the sale of alcoholic drinks
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