roadhouse
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/
Noun[edit]
roadhouse (plural roadhouses)
- (chiefly US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city.
- 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50:
- 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.
- (theater) A receiving house.
- (Australia) A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.
Translations[edit]
establishment
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