as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises
that jerkwater town doesn't boast a single decent beanery
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of beanery
Even the little Watercolor Cafe, which calls itself a (coffee) beanery by day and an art studio by night, saw a spike in business.
—
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2021
This was no spider-plants-and-Birkenstocks health-food beanery.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2021
This was no spider-plants-and-Birkenstocks health-food beanery.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beanery
Noun
-
Designer Jordane Arrivetz, also behind the look of beach club and restaurant Ciro's at the Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes, sought to preserve its historic soul while injecting the interiors with modernity.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
-
In a YouGov survey of the top 20 most popular activities, cooking took 9th place (ranking higher than such activities as reading, traveling, eating out at restaurants, and sightseeing), and baking ranked 19th (one spot higher on the list than going to the movies).—
Terri Williams,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
-
One early scene at a diner shows Valentina chatting with a group of immigrant men who have just crossed the border.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
-
If the food and service were really good, diners added 15% to the bill.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Beanery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beanery. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
