barroom C2+ Topic:House & Home Also spelled bar-room US /ˈbɑrˌrum/ UK /ˈbɑːruːm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a room or establishment with a bar serving alcoholic drinks A brawl erupted in the smoky barroom after midnight. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a room or establishment... tavernsaloonpubbaralehousetaproom Word family Related forms barroom Etymology AI details An American compound of bar (the counter and establishment serving drinks) and room (Old English rum). rum Old English View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # barroom **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɑrˌrum/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɑːruːm/ ## Meanings 1. a room or establishment with a bar serving alcoholic drinks ## Examples - A brawl erupted in the smoky barroom after midnight. ## Synonyms - tavern - saloon - pub - bar - alehouse - taproom ## Related Forms - bar - room ## Roots and Affixes - Root: rum ## Etymology An American compound of bar (the counter and establishment serving drinks) and room (Old English rum). ## AI Etymology barroom is an American compound of bar (the counter and establishment serving drinks) and room (Old English rum). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the noun sense is "a room or establishment with a bar serving alcoholic drinks", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as bar, room, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English rum, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material. ## Topics - House & Home markdown