tavern

UK /ˈtævən/ US /ˈtævəɹn/

noun 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

awake, drunk, former, good, known, nearest, open, packed

VERB + TAVERN

go, voice, walked

TAVERN + NOUN

barkeep, inn, spud

PREP.

around, in, into, since, throughout, within

ADV.

also, obviously, only

Definitions

noun

A restaurant or bar.

A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.

I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.

Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky / I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, / "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup / Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."

name

New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford.

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Example Bank

Wiktionary

Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky / I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, / "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup / Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."

Wiktionary

At half-past nine on this Saturday evening the parlor of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for the

Wiktionary

He would often go to that tavern.

Tatoeba · #290677

I was given a hard time by a strange guy at the tavern.

Tatoeba · #327483

Where is the nearest tavern?

Tatoeba · #1653735

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, tavern is marked as dated, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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