as in tavern
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day

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Recent Examples of barroom On his most countrified fare, he’s also made a conscious effort to tip the balance from the barroom to the bedroom. Nancy Kruh, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025 Still, the bridge breaks into a livelier if bitter barroom bounce, evoking Wilde’s flashy comebacks. 133. Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 With love and loss, inspiration and indignation, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is a folk tale, a small-town barroom yarn, a gothic novel, and a ghost story. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025 To be fair, the singer-songwriter doesn’t actually think of it as a song about a barroom pickup. Tom Roland, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barroom
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Noun
  • Among those are William Morales, a bomb maker for a militant Puerto Rican group that bombed a New York tavern in 1975, killing four, and Joanne Chesimard, known in Cuba as Assata Shakur, convicted for killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
  • Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.
    Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • For those who want to get their British on, there are bangers and all-day English breakfast on Sundays at a popular pub.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
  • Unconfirmed reports of fish up to 20 feet in length and weighing more than a ton have echoed over the generations as well, whispered to win bar bets in pubs from Pocatello to Portland.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • For as long as hungry birds have swooped from the saloon’s leafy branches to stalk diners’ steak fries, Le Tub, the kitschy-divey national treasure on Hollywood’s Intracoastal Waterway, has delighted and polarized locals with tacky decor and huge hamburgers.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2025
  • That continues the light, bright look of the saloon and guest cabins.
    Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Bars and Restaurants Surf through seven restaurants, cafes, and lounges onboard Quest.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • The teenaged couple has dates that take place at the Santa Monica Pier, on the train, downtown LA cafes, Linden, and Echo Park Lake.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Specifically, sales of protein drinks increased 20 percent, while bars and snacks increased 28 percent at the retailer, per the report.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
  • The boutique hotel has a rooftop bar and an eight-slip marina.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Officer Michael Miles — who also worked security at the nightclub and knew Armstrong — tried to talk him into putting the gun away for several minutes, Merriweather wrote.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
  • It's performed in the round at the intimate Circle in the Square Theatre, which has been transformed into a swank nightclub with two separate stages and table seating.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 June 2025

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“Barroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barroom. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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