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roadhouse

UK/ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/US/ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/

roadhouse noun: an inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.

Noun

roadhouse (plural roadhouses)

  1. (US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.
    • Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)
    • The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50
    Synonyms:
    coaching inn
  2. A receiving house.
  3. (Australia) A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.

Synonyms of roadhouse

Forms of roadhouse

pluralroadhouses

Plural of roadhouse: roadhouses

Origin of roadhouse

From road + house.

Questions about roadhouse

What does roadhouse mean?
Roadhouse means an inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.
What part of speech is roadhouse?
Roadhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce roadhouse?
Roadhouse is pronounced /ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/ (UK).
What is the plural of roadhouse?
The plural of roadhouse is roadhouses.

Words near roadhouse in the dictionary

  1. roadhead
  2. roadheads
  3. roadhog
  4. roadhogs
  5. roadholding
  6. roadhouse
  7. roadhouses
  8. Roadian
  9. roadie
  10. roadies
  11. roading

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