pub

¹

[puhb]

noun

1. a bar or tavern.

pub.

²

abbreviation

1. public.

2. publication.

3. published.

4. publisher.

5. publishing.

pub.

¹

abbreviation

1. public

2. publication

3. published

4. publisher

5. publishing

pub

²

/ pʌb /

noun

1. 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

2. a hotel

verb

1. informal,  (intr) to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing )

Word History and Origins

Origin of pub¹

First recorded in 1855–60; short for public house

Example Sentences

Britain's most remote pub has cancelled a Harry Potter themed Halloween night in Lochaber after staff were subjected to "inappropriate grief".

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The kibbutz had a local pub, but there was little else to do at night other than stargaze and listen to jackals howling in the desert.

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Most of us will get an extra hour in bed - or at the pub - but it is not such good news for night shift workers who will have to spend an extra hour at work.

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At Wooster, James ran the campus pub and joined a club for budding investors.

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Then, once they crossed the finish line, they’d turn around and head back uptown to a pub called Coogan’s, where they all got completely trashed.

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Related Words

• bar 
• inn 
• lounge 
• saloon 
• tavern