roadhouse

English

Etymology

road + house

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Noun

roadhouse (plural roadhouses)

  1. (chiefly US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city.
    • 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50:
      The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.
  2. (theater) A receiving house.
  3. (Australia) A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.

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