pub

UK/pʌb/US/pʌb/

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Other forms: pubs

A pub is a house licensed to serve beer to the public. Down the pub, a country pub, the pub closes at eleven.

It is short for public house, and the public in the name is the legal point — the licence is to serve anybody, not members. Britain has been losing them steadily for decades. Note the pub as a social institution, which is why closures are treated as news.

Definitions of pub

1nounpubA house licensed to serve beer to the public.A2+
“Let's go to the pub for a pint after work.”

pub is a licensed house.

Where it comes from

A clipping of public house. The public is the legal point: the licence is to serve anybody.

a clipping of public house.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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pub in the wild

A pub (short for public house) is, in several countries, a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
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The model also became popular in countries and regions of British influence, where pubs are often still considered to be an important aspect of their culture.
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Pub rock was played live in small traditional venues like pubs and clubs.
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Since major labels showed no interest in pub rock groups, pub bands sought out independent record labels such as Stiff Records.
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A pub crawl (sometimes called a bar tour, bar crawl or bar-hopping) is the act of visiting multiple pubs or bars in a single session.
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