A Topical Dictionary: Search for taproom

Dictionary Results For "taproom" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

tap + room

Noun

A bar or barroom; a room where alcoholic beverages are served on tap.
:Dusty left the taproom of the tavern and wandered into the small arcade in back.

pl:taproom vi:taproom

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taproom \Tap"room`\, n.
A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
[1913 Webster]

The ambassador was put one night into a miserable
taproom, full of soldiers smoking. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet taproom
n : a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the
bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill]

Moby Dictionary
alehouse , bar , barrel house , barroom , beer garden , beer parlor ,
bistro , blind tiger , cabaret , cafe , cocktail lounge , dive ,
dramshop , drinkery , drinking saloon , gin mill , groggery , grogshop ,
honky-tonk , local , nightclub , pothouse , pub , public , public house ,
rathskeller , rumshop , saloon , saloon bar , speakeasy , tap , tavern ,
wine shop