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Noun: tavern  ta-vurn
  1. A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
    - tap house
     
  2. Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
    - public house [Brit], pub [Brit, Cdn], saloon [Brit], pothouse [US], gin mill [N. Amer], taphouse [archaic], boozer [Brit]

Derived forms: taverns

Type of: building, edifice

Encyclopedia: Tavern