tavern

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tav=ern

CIDE DICTIONARY

tavern, n. [OE. taverne, F. taverne, from L. taberna a hut, booth, tavern. Cf. Table, Tabernacle.].

 A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tavern, n. literary an inn or public house.

Etymology

ME f. OF taverne f. L taberna hut, tavern

THESAURUS

tavern

alehouse, amusement park, automat, ballroom, bar, barrel house, barroom, beanery, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blind tiger, boardinghouse, buffet, buvette, cabaret, cafe, cafe chantant, cafe dansant, cafeteria, canteen, cantina, casino, chophouse, chuck wagon, cocktail lounge, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, dance floor, dance hall, dancing pavilion, diner, dining hall, dining room, dive, dog wagon, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dramshop, drinkery, drinking saloon, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, entertainment industry, fast-food chain, fleabag, flophouse, fun-fair, gin mill, grill, grillroom, groggery, grogshop, guest house, hamburger stand, hash house, hashery, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hot-dog stand, hotel, inn, juke joint, kitchen, local, lodge, lodging house, lunch counter, lunch wagon, luncheonette, lunchroom, mess hall, night spot, nightclub, nitery, ordinary, pension, pizzeria, posada, pothouse, pub, public, public house, quick-lunch counter, rathskeller, resort, restaurant, roadhouse, rooming house, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, show biz, show business, smorgasbord, snack bar, speakeasy, taproom, tearoom, theater, trattoria, wine shop

ROGET THESAURUS

tavern

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.