Usually means: Bar serving drinks, community hub.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word public house:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. public house: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. public house: Merriam-Webster
  3. public house: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. public house: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. public house: Collins English Dictionary
  6. public house: Vocabulary.com
  7. public-house, public house: Wordnik
  8. public house: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. public-house, public house: Wiktionary
  10. public house: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. public house: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Public house, public house: Dictionary.com
  13. Public House, Public house: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. public house: Rhymezone
  15. public house: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. public house: FreeDictionary.org
  17. public house: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. public house: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Public-house, public house: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. public house: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (public house)

▸ noun:  (UK, formal) A pub; a British bar or tavern, often selling food and sometimes lodging; an inn.

Similar:
pothouse, saloon, pub, taphouse, gin mill, pot-house, good house, public, public hotel, drinkery, more...

Opposite:
private residence, home, dwelling, personal space

Types:
tavern, pub, lounge, bar, club, watering hole, more...

Phrases:
free public house, more...

Adjectives:
bughouse, houseling, hospital, parietal, housey, hospitate, houseproud, lombard, house proud, prefab, apt

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Similar:
pothouse, saloon, pub, taphouse, gin mill, pot-house, good house, public, public hotel, drinkery, more...

Opposite:
private residence, home, dwelling, personal space

Types:
tavern, pub, lounge, bar, club, watering hole, more...

Phrases:
free public house, more...

Adjectives:
bughouse, houseling, hospital, parietal, housey, hospitate, houseproud, lombard, house proud, prefab, apt



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