Restaurant
['restrɒnt] or ['rɛstrɑnt]
Definition
(n.) An eating house.
Typist: Sam
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Fr.] Eating-house, CAF?/span>, CHOP-HOUSE.
Edited by Gene
Definition
n. a house for the sale of refreshments: an eating-house.—n. Restaurateur (res-tō′ra-tėr) the keeper of a restaurant.
Checked by Francis
Unserious Contents or Definition
An institution for the spread of dyspepsia. From Lat. restauro, to repair, and Grk. anti, against. After patronizing, you're 'up against repairs.'
Edited by Denny
Examples
- The office was on the ground floor, and had been a restaurant previous to its occupation by the Western Union Telegraph Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This didn't pay, so he started a restaurant in Pernambuco, Brazil. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He sat silent, his thick hands clasped on the table, his little puzzled eyes exploring the recesses of the deserted restaurant. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I could believe in one restaurant, on those terms; but then how about the three? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A restaurant would not pay in such a stony, forbidding, desolate place. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He came early; he stayed late; he could not pass a restaurant; he looked with a lecherous eye upon every wine shop. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The afternoon was far advanced before we were able to snatch a hasty luncheon at a restaurant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Down town, I mean: if you'll look me up in my office I'll take you to a very decent restaurant in that quarter. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I did not care about eating, and did not go to the restaurant, but my family did. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When we arrived at Calais to cross over, everybody made for the restaurant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Evidently, the restaurant solution will not answer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The train came, and they went on board, sitting on either side a little table, by the window, in the restaurant car. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- If there ever was a restaurant there, it must have been in Smyrna's palmy days, when the hills were covered with palaces. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She realized now that, as she sat in the restaurant, she had unconsciously arrived at a final decision. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Lord Hubert says it's the only restaurant in Europe where they can cook peas. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The quintuple grade is designed more particularly for hotels, restaurants, clubs and other institutions where the wear is especially severe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Did they have restaurants there at three different periods of the world? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I only want you to have enough rank so that we're admitted to the better restaurants. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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