Definition of restaurant
: a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased
Updated on: 13 Apr 2018
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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 of restaurant from the Web
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Landry is still the chef and a partner at Borgne, a BRG restaurant.
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When construction is completed in 2020, the complex will have 380 apartments as well as floating gardens and a restaurant.
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The chef/owner of Frasher’s Smokehouse will soon launch a new Phoenix restaurant dedicated to a tongue-blistering Southern specialty.
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The Wall Street Journal gives the example of two restaurants organized as LLCs.
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Casonnie Ruiz Leon, 45, is making the transition from owning a restaurant to starting a catering business in Florida.
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The former Seminole County jailhouse in downtown Sanford could become a new restaurant by this summer.
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Theft, Center Ridge Road: On March 5, a pizza restaurant reported a deposit of nearly $800 was missing.
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The worker shortage prompted a local KFC restaurant to offer $150 signing bonuses.
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Origin and Etymology of restaurant
French, from present participle of restaurer to restore, from Latin restaurare
restaurant Synonyms
Related Words
cafeteria, lunch counter, luncheonette, lunchroom, snack bar;
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RESTAURANT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of restaurant for English Language Learners
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: a place where you can buy and eat a meal
RESTAURANT Defined for Kids
Definition of restaurant for Students
: a public eating place
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