roadhouse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/
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/ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/ · /ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/

Definition of roadhouse

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.
    “Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (US)An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.
    “Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)”
    “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. A receiving house.
  3. (Australia)A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.

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Etymology

From road + house.

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