tavern

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
“
At the tavern was an old, fat, country major, and another old fellow, laughing and playing off jokes on each other, -- one tying a ribbon upon the other's hat.

View all »
Definitions (7)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. noun An establishment licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises.
  2. noun An inn for travelers.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (3)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • The Silver Stag tavern was a two-story plank and plaster building with an inn and house of ill repute on the second story and a tavern at street level. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html
  • From his position in the alleyway he had watched Druss enter The Broken Sword tavern, and had followed him inside, listening as he ordered his meal and noting the tavern maid telling him that the house was almost full and that the food would take a little time to prepare. —  David A
  • She and Namtar were old friends, and her tavern was the only one he frequented on those days when his late master permitted the royal slaves a taste of carefully controlled liberty. —  MFSF,January2005
  • As charming as the tavern is, the bowling alley below is something special.
  • HALEDON - Five teenagers and the owner of a tavern were arrested Saturday night when an overflow "teen party" got out of hand, disturbing neighbors and angering borough officials. —  Latest News
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 77 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English taverne, from Old French, from Latin taberna, hut, tavern, probably from *traberna, from trabs, trab-, beam; see trave.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Also dial. tubern; from Middle English taverne, from Old French (and F.) taverne = Provencal taverna = Spanish taberna = Portuguese taberna, taverna = Italian taverna, from Latin taberna, a booth, a shop, inn, tavern; from the same root as tabula, a board, plank, table: see table. Cf. tabern, taberna, tabernacle.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈtævərn/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a week.

Recently looked up

clothiers · jaundice · warriors · khat · hookey

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

ultimatum · pew · deadpool · sad panda · nom nom nom