restaurant
restaurant
nounDefinition of RESTAURANT
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises <when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant>
Related Words cafeteria, lunch counter, luncheonette, lunchroom, snack bar; greasy spoon, hash house; chophouse, steak house; pizzeria; coffeehouse, coffee shop, estaminet, teahouse, tearoom, tea shop [chiefly British]; bar, barroom, inn, tavern
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