pub

noun
/pʌb/US/pʊb/

Etymology

Clipping of public server.

Definitions

  1. A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also…

    A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

    • Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.
  2. To go to one or more public houses.

  3. A public server.

    • Well there's private servers and then there's pubs that do their best to make sure everyone plays fair. The second option will be a lot easier to find.
  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. Clipping of publication.

      • registered pubs
    2. to publish

    3. Clipping of publisher.

      • Pubs say it's out of print, but it was supposed to have been reissued.
    4. Initialism of public utility bus.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pub. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01pub02houses03house04accommodations05accommodation06hotels07hotel

A definitional loop anchored at pub. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at pub

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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