RESTAURANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restaurant mean? 

• RESTAURANT (noun)
  The noun RESTAURANT has 1 sense:

1. a building where people go to eat

  Familiarity information: RESTAURANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTAURANT (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 ("restaurant" 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 "restaurant"):

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 ("restaurant" is a member of...):

restaurant chain (a chain of restaurants)

 Context examples 

Just now he's dish-washer in a restaurant.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You can travel, visit the spa, have dinner in a special-occasion restaurant, or do anything that you would find fun.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The afternoon was far advanced before we were able to snatch a hasty luncheon at a restaurant.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Food from restaurants and fast food takeaways tends to be high in energy, fat, sugar and salt compared to food prepared at home.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

The results are impressive, given that the study focused on trans fatty acid bans in restaurants, as opposed to complete bans that included food bought in stores, said senior author Tamar S. Polonsky.

(Trans Fat Bans Lessen Health Risks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There sat my friend at a little round table near the door of the garish Italian restaurant.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A setting outside the clinic or a comparable health care facility, e.g. a doctor's office, the subject's home or workplace, a school, a public park, or a restaurant.

(In the Field, NCI Thesaurus)

Amphibians are sold in restaurants or as pets, creating a functional Pangaea for infectious diseases, effectively breaking down geographical barriers that once stopped the dispersal of organisms.

(Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’, SciDev.Net)

Itaipu Binacional, the world's biggest generator of hydroelectric energy, founded the first biomethane plant that uses a mixture of sewage, grass clippings, and restaurant leftover food as raw material.

(Biomethane rises as alternate source of energy in Brazil, Agência Brasil)

An epidemiological study could determine whether people who have a high rate of exposure, such as healthcare workers or restaurant servers, have a more difficult time becoming pregnant or have a greater likelihood of having children with neural tube birth defects, but no such study has been conducted to date.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)