pub B1 Topic:Places & Geography US /pʊb/ UK /pʌb/ See IPA manual Freq #4067 Meanings 1 noun A place where people go to buy and drink alcohol, and often food, especially in Britain. We met some friends at the pub for a drink after work. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a place where people go to... saloon More alehouseboozerdrinkerdrinkerygargle-factorygroggerylocalpot-houserummerytavern Word family Forms pubs Related forms lock-inrestaurant Appears in Phrases (1) See all pub crawl an outing that visits several pubs in succession for drinks Noun + noun Etymology AI details Clipping of public server. Topics Places & Geography External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # pub **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /pʊb/ **IPA (UK):** /pʌb/ **Frequency rank:** 4067 ## Meanings 1. A place where people go to buy and drink alcohol, and often food, especially in Britain. ## Examples - We met some friends at the pub for a drink after work. ## Synonyms - alehouse - boozer - drinker - drinkery - gargle-factory - groggery - local - pot-house - rummery - saloon - tavern ## Related Forms - lock-in - restaurant ## Etymology Clipping of public server. ## AI Etymology Pub is a clipping of public server. In present-day English it covers a place where people go to buy and drink alcohol, and often food, especially in Britain. The wider family includes related forms such as lock-in, restaurant. ## Topics - Places & Geography markdown