EATING HOUSE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does eating house mean? 

• EATING HOUSE (noun)
  The noun EATING HOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a building where people go to eat

  Familiarity information: EATING HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EATING HOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building where people go to eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant

Hypernyms ("eating house" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eating house"):

bistro (a small informal restaurant; serves wine)

brasserie (a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap)

brewpub (a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food)

cafe; coffee bar; coffee shop; coffeehouse (a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold)

cafeteria (a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier)

canteen (restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat)

canteen; mobile canteen (a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen)

diner (a restaurant that resembles a dining car)

greasy spoon (a small restaurant specializing in short-order fried foods)

grill; grillroom (a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill)

hash house (an inexpensive restaurant)

lunchroom (a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased)

rotisserie (a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats)

chophouse; steakhouse (a restaurant that specializes in steaks)

tea parlor; tea parlour; teahouse; tearoom; teashop (a restaurant where tea and light meals are available)

Holonyms ("eating house" is a member of...):

restaurant chain (a chain of restaurants)

 Context examples 

As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)