pub
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1.0
- noun
- /pʌb/
- UK
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pub
- The couple ignored the other people in the pub, who ignored them.
- a local pub
- pub atmosphere
- come to the pub
There are theatres, There are pubs, bars, restaurants, shopping centres.
- There are theatres, There are pubs, bars, restaurants, shopping centres.
- So And my auntie left the pub and this new man took over.
- Katie's Arms is the pub, as in Arms.
- Ease ecstasy, you know, clubs, pubs, kitchens, parties.
- I played Mexican restaurants and pubs and things like that for years.
- Well, we're good in the pub together, that's for sure.
- The banks, the restaurants, the pubs, the bars, everything is owned, right?
- That's how my dad bonded with me in the pub with his mates getting drunk.
- Is that how I'll spend my free time at the pub with my mates?
- Our mum worked in a pub, didn't really have a great deal.
- But hairdressers, bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, gyms dead.
- So the next day my son met my mate who owned the pub at in, in London.
- Oh, Fun Mclarens is the beloved pub in which Fox sitcom?
- So imagine my Irish pub, O Flegos Irish pub, right?
Examples
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Let's go to a pub, let's have a night out.
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Is that how I'll spend my free time at the pub with my mates?
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Then one day, the couple were in the pub again before I arrived.
Academic text (2007) -
The man said, "He used to sit next to us in the pub that winter."
Academic text (2007) -
The couple did not come to the pub again for some time.
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The setting is rural, and the pub is the heart of village life.
Academic text (1990) -
I'll be waiting in the pub.
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- Yeah well, could we stop at the next pub, I'm starving.
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Yeah, they're all at the pub.
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Let's meet at the pub for a drink after work.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people buy and drink alcoholic drinks
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3.5
A place where people drink alcoholic drinks and often eat, like a bar
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5.8
A place where people drink alcohol and talk
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3.4
A bar or pub where people meet to drink and talk
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2.5
A bar that mainly serves wine
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2.1
An outdoor area next to a pub where people sit to drink beer
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2.0
A building where people drink alcohol and eat simple meals
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3.1
A large place where people drink beer and meet to talk and enjoy music
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4.6
A pub that serves good food and drinks in a nice place
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8.1
A pub or bar where people go to drink
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8.8
A cheap bar where people drink and are often rowdy
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8.1
A pub that serves many beers and simple meals
A small, rough bar that serves cheap food
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Etymology
Pub is short for public house, which originally meant a house 'open to the public' where neighbours could meet. That's why a pub today is a local place where people gather to drink, eat and talk.