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View synonyms for pub

pub

1

[ puhb ]

noun

  1. a bar or tavern.


pub.

2

abbreviation for

  1. public.
  2. publication.
  3. published.
  4. publisher.
  5. publishing.

pub

1

/ pʌb /

noun

  1. Formal namepublic house a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals
  2. a hotel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. informal.
    intr to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pub.

2

abbreviation for

  1. public
  2. publication
  3. published
  4. publisher
  5. publishing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pub1

First recorded in 1855–60; short for public house
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Example Sentences

And it is true that since Blair was in power the pub culture has taken a beating.

In doing so, he implied the obsolescence of that most embedded of British watering holes, the pub.

I paid a visit Istmo Brew Pub and found their beers undrinkable.

In 2005, Istmo Brew Pub opened as the first of its kind in Panama City.

Following a conversation with Marsh, the two met at a pub in London.

The rest were crawlers, mostly pub spielers and bush larrikins, and the women were hags and larrikinesses.

Then, after spitting half a pint of tobacco juice into the stream, he turned sadly on his heel and led the way back to the pub.

“I say you might take a pub—and drink yourself to death,” was added aside.

"Three thousand miles from the next pub," said Bendemeer, with excessively dry significance.

Grouchy, Gen. Observations sur la relation de la campagne de 1815, pub.

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