Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A room or building in which alcoholic beverages are sold at a bar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room in a public house, hotel, restaurant, or other place of resort, containing a bar or counter where liquors or other refreshments are served.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
- noun a commercial establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A room where
alcoholic drinks are served over acounter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
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Examples
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Well, another kick I got on the abvolition of the barroom is the fact that you got to stay around home so much and that naturally leads. to having
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The main barroom of the Plantation has some beautiful decor, too - old refrigerators with glass fronts and a great bar.
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The main barroom of the Plantation has some beautiful decor, too - old refrigerators with glass fronts and a great bar.
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"I don't mind a good fight," Mr. May said the next day, recalling a barroom brawl he once got into in his early 20's at an Irish pub on Third Avenue.
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To be sure, there was a small fight in the barroom, which is situated just below the dining-room, during which much speech and a little blood were spouted.
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He called his barroom behaviour "stupid … but not malicious," and wondered how "I've gone from being on [TV] six days a week to disappearing."
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And Lakewood, Colorado, home of a different kind of barroom brawl.
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When his back is against the wall, Bush puffs up his chest and talks tough like he's in some kind of barroom squabble: We will fight the terrorists in Iraq.
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Lester raised his claws and pushed open the swinging doors, and we entered the "barroom".
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The barroom was a little stuffier at that point in the summer, the air was a little bit heavier—heavier than back in June—but it wasn’t uncomfortable.
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