Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An inn, restaurant, or nightclub located on a road outside a town or city.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
Examples
“Mr. WEINZWEIG: Right now I'm actually very high on what we call the roadhouse bread.”
“Refurbishing former tonic water factory digs with their own four hands, the husband & wife team behind Mable's stocked their airy, industrial barn-steezed "roadhouse" with long communal tables set with chairs they either built themselves or sourced from flea markets, a giant buck head shot by the owner's cousin, and a central bar lit by hanging rusted buckets, setting the mood for anyone looking to get nailed.”
“While defending my country during the Korean Police Action, I was in the Air Force teaching Electronics at Scott Air Force Base in Belleville Ill. I often found myself with friends drinking beers in a "roadhouse" about five miles from my base.”
“There's been a halfhearted attempt to give the dining area a theatrical "roadhouse" motif, but that silly idea doesn't work in the center of a neatly manicured shopping district in a suburb.”
“As he put it, "If the New York City Opera [managers] could have [their] way, they would get rid of all weekly artists, and turn the opera into what is called a roadhouse-a place where artists come in, per performance, at the management's decision.”
City Opera, New York's No. 2 Troupe,Is Belting for Diva-Size Wages
“R E from Toronto, Canada writes: 'Zarko Budisavljevic from Canada writes: Probably best for Dalton (funny, he just doesn't look like he did in' roadhouse ') to get some manly assistance for this issue ....... how about hiring Mike Harris as a special consultant?”
“It was a rakehelly dive, a kind of roadhouse where the ‘mobility’ — that’s the joke name of the period for the tarts and townees who had transport — used to ride out of the city for a feed, what we’d call a barbecue, and a punch-up.”
“SFHD), of Brentwood, Tenn., operates Santa Fe Cattle Co., one of the nation's fastest growing casual dining "roadhouse" steak restaurant chains.”
“His “big buck with roadhouse onions” is after the jump …”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘roadhouse’.
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory of Australia. Suggestions welcome.
win-a-croc, angurugu, intervention, mala, qantas, ochre, nitmiluk, the ghan, wet season, dry season, nyinyikay, dragonfly and 94 more...
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nighthawks at the diner
being words from Tom Waits songs.
vinyl, cigarette, rhinestone, naugahyde, margarine, vermouth, gin, platinum, wurlitzer, menthol, oldsmobile, asphalt and 90 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, R
retinol, rectory, rhubarb, rancor, recension, rood, redivivus, roborate, redound, ripsnorting, ragtag, recruit and 250 more...
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Guide for the Femme Fatale
noir, vamp, moxie, harlot, chanteuse, roadhouse, garter, diner, curves, cigarette-holder, trouble, vixen and 6 more...
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You Are Where You Eat
diner, brasserie, rotisserie, bistro, cafeteria, canteen, grillroom, steakhouse, teahouse, cafe, chophouse, greasy spoon and 22 more...
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Places For Eating And Drinking
slap-bang, bistro, speakeasy, tavern, brasserie, cafe, bar, restaurant, osteria, diner, shebeen, trattoria and 6 more...
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R is for Red Clown
My R Words
rabble-rouser, rabblerouser, red clown, rabblerousing, ragamuffin, rama lama ding dong, rapscallion, rascal, ratfink, red herring, red rover, renegade and 39 more...
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Temporary Lodging
Hotels, inns, and the like.
hotel, resort hotel, holiday resort, motor hotel, tourist court, motel, inn, lodge, ski lodge, motor lodge, motor inn, resort and 52 more...
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southside's Words
star, teardrop, eyeball, roadhouse, one, words, help, quango
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