tavern
noun
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
taverns
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pluralof tavern.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
"It's coming to a point now where we are going to lose some of our inns and taverns, never to be returned," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The printers, the bookshops, the guesthouses and taverns, they followed.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
In recent times, taverns have faded alongside so many other relics of slow living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
For many, the only certainty was the stars, and the ancient astrological conceit prospered in the courtyards and taverns of fear-haunted Europe.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
