Thesaurus results for PUBLIC HOUSE

public house

noun

Definition of public house

as in hotel

a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests took lodging at a public house that had recently been completely renovated

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as in pub

chiefly British a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises visited a public house in London that has been welcoming customers since the time of Charles Dickens

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Recent Examples of public house This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on. — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025 The Lone Goat This English pub, which draws inspiration from public houses and taverns of London, is on the ground floor of the historic Metropolitan Building in downtown Detroit. — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025 Dave Cunningham, who opened the Comet, a Gen-X-era public house that helped spark a renaissance in Cincinnati's Northside neighborhood, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday. — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025 Beer- and kid-friendly Opening this weekend on the Boise Bench, Chits & Chats essentially is part restaurant, part pub, part neighborhood public house — with a library of games for rent. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for public house

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Noun

Chigurh kills Wells in his hotel room and then answers a call from Moss intended for Wells.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
The restaurant is a beautiful glass and wood building that looks over the hotel's gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of hotel

Noun

The lore says the building operated as a brothel in its early years, with a tavern then as now on the ground floor.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
What to do nearby A stone’s throw away is the Water Street Market, a complex of shops that includes an antiques mall, the Grazery café, and a neighborhood tavern called Parish.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of tavern

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At its birth in 1907 in the basement of a Seattle saloon, there was nothing promising about the American Messenger Company.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct. 2026
The 18-year-old female elephant got loose from her handler outside her enclosure, then went on the run, demolishing the door of a saloon on North Avenue, smashing in the window of another and walking through the fence around a vacant lot.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of saloon

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The Base-01 features an inflatable exo-frame holding up a weatherproof skin to serve as a transportable, fast-pitching sun shelter, mobile garage, mission control center, and roomy hostel for you and up to nine of your closest friends and allies.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
The organization originally announced plans to open a European-style hostel there before transitioning the space into a shelter.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of hostel

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Close out the day with cocktails at Spirit Copa Bar, the hotel’s lively poolside bar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
The women have testified in court about alleged encounters at a hotel, a bar, a radio station, a workplace and Brand’s home.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bar

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That would change within days of Congress passing the budget, when an executive pledged $750 to Wilson’s campaign at a fundraiser held at Bullfeathers, a Capitol Hill watering hole for lobbyists and Hill staffers, emails show.

— Molly Redden, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2026
Now’s an especially good time to go, with Bobbi’s Bar—the new hotel’s late-night watering hole—hosting Il Pellicano for perhaps the chicest hospitality residency of Frieze week.

— Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026