WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pub′lic house′, 
    1. British Termsa tavern.
    2. an inn or hostelry.
    • 1565–75
      See hotel. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
public house

  1. the formal name for pub
  2. an inn, tavern, or small hotel
'public house' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
drinking-up time - free house - hotel - ordinary - potboy - pub - public - public bar - publican - shanty - tavern - tied - tied house

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