barroom

See also: bar room

English

Alternative forms

• bar room

Etymology

bar +‎ room

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

barroom (plural barrooms)

1. (Canada, US) A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

   Synonym: taproom

   • 1969, Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair, A Void:

     Sporting a woolly cardigan with four buttons on top of an Oxford smock without a collar, our man has a faintly folksy look about him, calling to mind a zingaro or a gypsy, a carny or a Mongol, but also (switching to a wholly distinct mythology and iconography) a hippy strumming his guitar in a barroom in Haight-Ashbury or at Big Sur or in Katmandu.

Usage notes

In the US, the terms barroom and bar room are uncommon, eschewed in favor of bar.

Derived terms

• barroom brawl

Translations

room serving alcoholic drinks

• German: Schankstube (de) f, Bar (de) f, Schankraum (de) m
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-òil m