eatery

• eaterie

eat +‎ -ery

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːtəɹi/

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eatery (plural eateries)

1. (informal) A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:restaurant

   Hypernym: eating establishment

   Coordinate term: luncheonette

   • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:

     Above the concourse, the underneath of the platforms has been clad with attractive wood panelling, while the columns holding them up are surrounded with seating - for use by passengers biding their time waiting for their trains, or who have used one of the 70-or-so eateries or shops that form part of the retail developments at the station.

• “eatery”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “eatery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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