Thesaurus results for BARRELHOUSE

barrelhouse

noun

Definition of barrelhouse

as in roadhouse

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Recent Examples of barrelhouse The whiskey is composed of five barrel-proof batches drawn from just 129 barrels across three barrelhouses. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026 And one that can evidently stand up to plenty of time in the barrelhouse. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 Flying Leap Vineyards Located in the heart of scenic southern Arizona, Flying Leap Vineyards has a distillery, barrelhouse, tasting room, and event center. — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2024 Many of the new barrelhouses are being built with industrial revenue bonds exempting them from property taxes for years or decades. — Travis Loller, Fortune, 8 July 2023 Jack Daniel's operation there has 92 barrelhouses storing more than 2 million barrels. — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023

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Noun

Texas native blends roadhouse rock, bluesy R&B and country-friend funky-tonk.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.

— Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of roadhouse

Noun

Cruz surfaces in it as a bawdy cabaret singer, a role the size of a cameo that critics off the Croisette and now here at Telluride have already tagged a scene-stealer.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
While all of the women found their respective moment to shine, no one rose to the occasion quite like Luann de Lesseps, who seemingly decided on her own that Kyle’s white party would be the perfect backdrop for a cabaret performance like none other.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of cabaret

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At the airport, a group of cadets loitered by a lactation pod, and people at the terminal alehouse seemed to be having a genuinely good time.

— Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Carrying news, satire and story into places where expensive books had seldom reached, they were sold for pennies, tacked to alehouse walls and sung aloud for the illiterate.

— Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025

Definition of alehouse

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His friends pushed him to be bold and climb onto the platforms at Badlands nightclub typically reserved for professional go-go dancers.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The lobby featured a multi-story atrium and a nightclub with dancers, a show and dinner.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

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There are two full-service eateries—a Mediterranean spot, Muze Lounge & Terrasse, and a French bistro, Commodore Restaurant—as well as an indoor pool and a dry sauna where guests can luxuriate.

— Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
That restaurant is Faux, a neo-bistro that opened a few days ago on Church Street—just steps away from many galleries on White Street.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bistro

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The barroom gives way to the Boom Boom room (for bands), which leads to the patio, all designed for mobs of undergrads who want cheap drinks and a place to hang.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Throughout their first five albums, the band has spun a web, not unlike the orb weavers of their native Virginia, that marries country, rock, honky-tonk grit and Appalachian soul with rowdy barroom energy.

— Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

Definition of barroom

Noun

Older kids and adults can head to the Play District, where Formula 1 and golf simulators share space with arcade games and a sports bar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
There are regulars who show up every Wednesday for trivia and groups who have made a particular night at the sports bar part of their week.

— Evan Moore August 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of sports bar

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