tap house
- noun
- /tæp haʊs/
- US
:
cervecería
- After work, we usually meet at the local tap house to enjoy some craft beers.
Examples
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The new tap house downtown offers a great selection of local brews and cozy seating.
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Many friends gathered at the tap house to celebrate the weekend with good drinks and laughter.
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This is a brewery to watch for in Madison tap houses.
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We'll be looking for these brews at a tap house.
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Synonyms
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3.5
A place where people drink alcoholic drinks and often eat, like a bar
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6.1
A restaurant that brews its own beer and serves food
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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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A room in a brewery or bar where people buy and drink beer at the counter
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9.9
A pub where people drank ale in the past
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8.1
A pub that serves many beers and simple meals
A small, rough bar that serves cheap food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally interpretable as a 'house with taps' — i.e. a place where drinks (typically beer) are drawn from taps — so a learner who knows 'tap' as a liquid-dispensing device and 'house' can plausibly infer a pub-like meaning. However, it requires specific cultural/lexical knowledge that 'tap' extends to beer-dispensing and that such compounds denote an establishment rather than a literal dwelling, so the relation is not fully predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The compound noun tap house comes from a simple picture: a tap is the thing used to pour beer from a barrel and a house is a place where people meet. A tap house was originally a place where beer came straight from the tap, so today it means a 'bar' or 'brewery' that sells beer on site.