pubs
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
pubs
- Details
Public refreshment facilities with more emphasis on drinking, normally alcoholic beverages, than on eating or entertainment, which if provided usually occurs in separate, often back rooms, and offering no accommodations; use "saloons" for similar places but with staged entertainment provided in the main room; use "taverns" for establishments offering public accommodations as well as general refreshments, but no entertainment other than social gatherings.
- Variations
houses, public
Hotels, taverns, etc.
public houses
alehouses
pub
ale-houses
freehouses
public houses
- Broader Term