roadhouse
pronunciation
How to pronounce roadhouse in British English:
UK [ˈrəʊdhaʊs]
How to pronounce roadhouse in American English:
US [ ˈroʊdhaʊs]
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- Noun:
- an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
Word Origin
- roadhouse (n.)
- "inn by a roadside," 1857, later "place for refreshment and entertainment along a road" (1922), from road (n.) + house (n.).
Example
- 1. Did you call the roadhouse ? Do they know anything ?
- 2. Come on , let 's go to the roadhouse .
- 3. We had a few drinks in a roadhouse off the main highway .
- 4. You remember tamara from the roadhouse ?
- 5. Post music critic chris richards asked , " had the white house ever felt more like a roadhouse " and went on to describe the event .