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Saloon

A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.

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Alehouse 76% connected

A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.

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Brougham 76% connected

A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.

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Auto 76% connected

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Car 76% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Machine 76% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Tavern 76% connected

A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a publi…

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Component part 3

Bar 70% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Barroom 70% connected

A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.

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Taproom 70% connected

A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.

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Pothouse 70% connected

An alehouse.

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Taphouse 70% connected

A house where liquors are retailed.

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Synonym 6

Bar 92% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Barroom 92% connected

A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pothouse 92% connected

An alehouse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sedan 92% connected

A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Taphouse 92% connected

A house where liquors are retailed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Taproom 92% connected

A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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