chophouse
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈtʃɑːpˌhaʊs/
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parrilla
- The new chophouse downtown serves a variety of grilled meats and gourmet sides.
Examples
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I walked right into Timpano Italian Chophouse, told the GM, whom I have never met, why he needed to participate as a food sponsor, and before you knew it.
Blog text (23) -
As in Thailand's other urban centers, Chinese and their chophouses remain conspicuous along the city's commercial streets and its main markets.
Academic text (1992) -
He was at the chophouse.
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How could he have spoken to her like that, as though she were just an ordinary chophouse waitress and he weren't devastated by love?
Fiction book (1999) -
Chophouse.
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They sometimes took their dinners together at the hostelry's chophouse and seemed to get on well enough, except for their last meal together there.
Fiction book (2000) -
The latest generations of stylish chophouses are reaching for well-rounded culinary greatness, and many are hitting the mark.
Blog text (20) -
This reminds Sir Maxwell, as he tucks the newspaper beneath his seat, that he has been waiting intolerably long for service in this New York chophouse.
Fiction book (1999) -
He also owns AVI Seabar & Chophouse, which he opened late last year in the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview.
Blog text (18) -
This month, Vanity Fair's editor in chief, Graydon Carter, will open his third restaurant, the Beatrice Inn, an innovative chophouse that his partner Emil Varda describes as "charming" and The New York Times has already dubbed "handsome."
Blog text (21)
Synonyms
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2.4
A restaurant that mainly serves steaks and other meat dishes
How Meaty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chophouse is made from the words chop and house, where chop means 'a cut of meat' and house means 'a place'. So a chophouse is like a 'house for chops', which is why it refers to a restaurant that specializes in steaks and grilled meats.