tavern

Speech parts

1. tavern - Noun

2. Tavern - Proper noun

Meaning

A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inn roadhouse alehouse bar saloon pub public house hostelry gin mill beer garden taproom drinking establishment lodge auberge bistro
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Antonyms

soup kitchen boutique hotel expensive hotel

Hypernyms

building edifice

Hyponyms

saloon pub public house pothouse shebeen bucket shop

Phrases with the word

tavern keeper tavern run cosmic tavern interstellar tavern hedge tavern tavern fool

Examples

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle. Jonathan Swift

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. Samuel Johnson

Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune, the school, the church? The peasant. Who would steal from his neighbor, commit arson, and falsely denounce another for a bottle of vodka? The peasant. Anton Chekhov

The church is near, but the way is icy. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. Ukrainian Proverb

The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. Ukrainian Proverb

You don't go into a tavern to say your prayers. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Tavenner Tavera Taveras tavern fool tavern keeper tavern licence