drafthouse
drafthouse noun: a business establishment where alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, ale, etc, are served, but not hard liquor.
Noun
drafthouse (plural drafthouses)
- A business establishment where alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, ale, etc, are served, but not hard liquor.
- Going to Tiffany's on Young Circle in Hollywood for the 3-for-1's, open 'til 3 AM, now a cinema and drafthouse.2000, Michael Ketover, How to Be a Better Birder: Travel Stories, page 147
- Music and singing, shouts and laughter came from many of the buildings they passed—inns and drafthouses and restaurants alive with the lives of ordinary people who had toiled all day in the sun.2007, Christopher Golden, The Borderkind
Forms of drafthouse
| plural | drafthouses |
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Origin of drafthouse
From draft + house.
Questions about drafthouse
- What does drafthouse mean?
- Drafthouse means a business establishment where alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, ale, etc, are served, but not hard liquor.
- What part of speech is drafthouse?
- Drafthouse is a noun.
- What is the plural of drafthouse?
- The plural of drafthouse is drafthouses.
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