roadhouse
noun/ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/UK/ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/US
Etymology
Definitions
An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town…
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.
A receiving house.
A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.
The neighborhood
- neighborbarrelhouse
- neighborhonky-tonk
- neighborjuke
- neighborjuke joint
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for roadhouse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA