pub

 
Pronunciation: /pʌb/
British

noun

  • an establishment for the sale of beer and other drinks, and sometimes also food, to be consumed on the premises: let’s go to the pub a country pub
  • Australian a hotel.

verb (pubs, pubbing, pubbed)

[no object] (usually as noun pubbing) informal
  • frequent pubs.

Origin:

mid 19th century: abbreviation of public house