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Synonyms of restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises
- when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant
Synonyms for restaurant
Words Related to restaurant
- coffeehouse,
- coffee shop,
- estaminet,
- teahouse,
- tearoom,
- tea shop
- [chiefly British]
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“Restaurant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restaurant. Accessed 26 May. 2022.
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The first known use of restaurant was in 1806
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