eatery

noun

eat·​ery ˈē-tə-rē How to pronounce eatery (audio)
plural eateries
Synonyms of eaterynext

Examples of eatery in a Sentence

we usually go to lunch at an eatery that is just around the corner from the office
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No other eateries from Pennsylvania made the list. Michael Guise, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026 Gordon’s Café, serving local seafood and decadent pastries, is one of downtown’s popular daytime eateries. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2026 The new restaurant will expand upon the whimsical backstory of Crafty Coyote — the pie-thieving crook from the nearby Knott’s Bear-y Farm dark ride who has given up his outlaw ways to open the new eatery next door. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026 The weekly Santa Clara Farmers Market in downtown Santa Clara, at Franklin Square, also makes for a nice way to learn more about the city through the market’s vendors and pop-up eateries. Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eatery

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eatery was in 1901

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“Eatery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eatery. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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