restaurant

[ res-ter-uh nt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt ]

/ ˈrɛs tər ənt, -təˌrɑnt, -trɑnt /

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noun

an establishment where meals are served to customers.

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Origin of restaurant

1820–30, Americanism; < French, noun use of present participle of restaurer < Latin restaurāre to restore

Words nearby restaurant

rest-cure, rest-home, restage, restart, restate, restaurant, restaurant car, restaurateur, restenosis, restful, restharrow

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Example sentences from the Web for restaurants

As I am in most restaurants, I was grateful for any modifications that could be made.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a world without motels and restaurants, people were required to welcome strangers into their homes.
Pope Bids Refugees to EU ‘Bienvenido’; Europe Says ‘Non’|Candida Moss|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But for most people in Donetsk there is nowhere to go in the evening with most restaurants and bars closed.
Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’|Jamie Dettmer|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are more and more women managing hotels, groups of hotels, and restaurants.
Cameroonian Women Fighting Sexism With Tourism|Abena Agyeman-Fisher|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They were tired of the fare at restaurants catering to tourists and were craving something a bit more authentic.
The Airbnb of Home-Cooked Meals|Itay Hod|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are many games played publicly at restaurants and in the retiring rooms of mercantile establishments.
In the Footprints of the Padres|Charles Warren Stoddard
Merrymakers were quiet when in the streets and subdued even in the restaurants.
Chicago's Awful Theater Horror|Various
For food we were allowed to go out to restaurants in the town.
A Kut Prisoner|H. C. W. Bishop
The slices given were about half the size of those that are ordinarily supplied at private tables and restaurants.
Hector's Inheritance|Horatio Alger
The landlady would board me for $8, but regular dinners at restaurants are only twenty-five cents; good, too.
The Bacillus of Beauty|Harriet Stark

British Dictionary definitions for restaurants

restaurant

/ (ˈrɛstəˌrɒŋ, ˈrɛstrɒŋ, -rɒnt) /

noun

a commercial establishment where meals are prepared and served to customers

Word Origin for restaurant

C19: from French, from restaurer to restore

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