package store

noun

Definition of package storenext
as in watering place

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Recent Examples of package store The company also owns the package store property, but doesn’t intend the change what’s there. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026 The bill will limit how many stores will have the ability to sell beer and wine so there is fair competition between the local package stores and grocery chains. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 The ordinance also adds definitions in the city’s zoning code for liquor and package stores, payday loan centers, and bars, and changes the definition of smoke shops and restaurants. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026 The Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and Boston Licensing Board have also committed to working with Boston Police, bars and package stores to prevent underage booze sales this weekend, the letter states. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for package store
Recent Examples of Synonyms for package store
  1. watering hole
  2. public house
  3. pub
  4. saloon
  5. tavern
  6. taproom
  7. barroom
  8. sports bar
Noun
  • In some parts of Hwange, natural seeps and seasonal watering holes provide supplementary water, while Wilderness helps pump water to artificial watering holes in the southeastern region of the park.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
  • Within two years of opening, the dual-level West Village watering hole has already been named the best bar on the continent by North America’s 50 Best.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of watering hole
Noun
  • Listen to Live Music Cedar Mountain Outpost is a little bit of everything—deli, wine shop, public house, and live music venue, improbably set within a gas station.
    — Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • This provoked what became known as the Aston Riot, with nearby public houses wrecked and violent brawls ensuing.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of public house
Noun
  • The Cotswolds England's golden countryside is at its most inviting in autumn, when the pubs light their fires and the weather is right for layering without summer's heat or winter's bite.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • What Will Mester is working with at the Wren, his pub in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood, is both less grand and more impressive.
    — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
Definition of pub
Noun
  • Owners can opt for a semi-enclosed galley, which adds a bit of space from the main saloon, or can fully enclose the galley for more separation.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 July 2026
  • Old Ebbitt Grill Established in 1856, Old Ebbitt Grill is Washington’s oldest saloon (more like an elevated bistro today), just steps from the White House.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • The rocky beach is lined with beach chairs that can be rented, and there are several traditional taverns and snack shacks.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Disgruntled colonists in taverns and town squares borrowed British melodies to support new lyrics expressive of a developing national consciousness.
    — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of tavern
Noun
  • Boston bars literally ran out of beer, with the parent company of Sam Adams saying its local taproom sold four times the normal amount during the Tartan Army’s takeover.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • In addition to a taproom at their original Downington location, Victory now boasts taprooms in Parkesburg, Philadelphia and Kennett Square in Pennsylvania, as well as one in Charlotte, North Carolina.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of taproom
Noun
  • 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
  • This fine-dining restaurant puts as much care into its barroom burger as its seven-course tasting menu, letting its open hearth work magic on the double-decker beauty.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 May 2026
Definition of barroom
Noun
  • Keller In nearby Keller, the Eagle Tavern, a new sports bar located at 721 Keller Parkway #100 brings some familiar bites and some upscale items like ceviche to its menu.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • From the county fairgrounds in Pleasanton to the Athletic Oakland sports bar in Uptown to the Spark Social food trucks in San Francisco.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of sports bar

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