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public-house

public-house is the alternative spelling of public house.

Meaning of public house

Noun

public house (plural public houses)

  1. A bar or tavern, often selling food and sometimes lodging; an inn.
    • Near-synonyms: bar, taphouse, roadhouse (not always different); see also Thesaurus:pub

Forms of public-house

pluralpublic-houses

Questions about public-house

What is public-house the alternative spelling of?
Public-house is the alternative spelling of public house.

Words near public-house in the dictionary

  1. public walks
  2. public woman
  3. public women
  4. public works
  5. public-hearted
  6. public-house
  7. public-houses
  8. public-key cryptography
  9. public-minded
  10. public-private partnership
  11. public-private partnerships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: public-house (page history and authors); public house (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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