Entry Word: tavern

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises <the gunslinger swaggered into the tavern, put his six-shooter on the bar, and challenged the sheriff to a gunfight> — see barroom
2 a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests <a colonial-era tavern that has been serving weary travelers for two and a half centuries> — see hotel