restaurant

nounbusiness establishment serving food and drink

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Synonyms for restaurant

noun business establishment serving food and drink

More words related to restaurant

bistro

noun. drinkery with food

delicatessen

noun. eatery

food court

noun. public area where variety of food is sold

luncheonette

noun. lunch place

nightclub

noun. place for evening entertainment

Word Origin & History

1821, from French restaurant "a restaurant," originally "food that restores," noun use of present participle of restaurer "to restore or refresh," from Old French restorer (see restore).

Italian spelling ristorante attested in English by 1925.

Example Sentences for restaurant

He turned into a restaurant on Madison Square and ordered dinner.

Then he raced around the corner of the restaurant and made for the grove.

He knew nothing of her except her name and that she was employed as a waitress in a restaurant.

He opened the door and was about to pass out of the restaurant when she spoke to him again.

And this was strange, since the Italian restaurant is such a peculiarly British institution.

There's a girl at Montmartre at this very moment—a girl he's set up in a restaurant.

It was early in the morning when the two met again in the restaurant car.

He was a witness of your quarrel with Grushnitski in the restaurant.

Except for the thin and uncertain music the restaurant was almost silent.

They eventually settled on a restaurant and ordered their repast.