- Formal name: public house
a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals a hotel
- (intransitive)
to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing)
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pub
(pub),USA pronunciation n.
pub.,
- a bar or tavern.
- short for public house 1855–60
pub.,
- public.
- Printingpublication.
- published.
- publisher.
- Printingpublishing.
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public publication published publisher publishing
'pub' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
National Public Radio
- Public Broadcasting Service
- Public Enemy Number One
- Public Lending Right
- alehouse
- barmaid
- barman
- barperson
- boozer
- bouncer
- carry out
- certified public accountant
- co-publish
- computer-aided publishing
- desktop publishing
- gantry
- inn
- landlady
- landlord
- local
- lounge
- notary public
- off-licence
- off-sales
- ploughman's lunch
- pothouse
- pub crawl
- pub date
- pub-crawl
- pub.
- pubic
- public accountant
- public act
- public administration
- public administrator
- public affairs
- public assistance
- public bar
- public bill
- public charge
- public company
- public convenience
- public corporation
- public debt
- public defender
- public domain
- public enemy
- public eye
- public health
- public house