Restaurant

Quick meaning: Restaurant is a noun meaning An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

Meaning

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

Example Sentences

That Italian restaurant serves some of the best food I've ever had in my life.

By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

Word Forms

• restaurants
• resto

Synonyms for restaurant

Depending on context, synonyms include automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen.

Antonyms for restaurant

Common opposites include carryout, takeaway, takeout.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch, dinner, meal, dining.

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