restaurant
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
restaurant /ˈrɛst(ə)rɒnt, -r(ə)nt, -rɒ̃/
▶noun a place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.
– origin C19: from Fr., from restaurer ‘provide food for’ (lit. ‘restore to a former state’).
'restaurant' also found in these Oxford entries:
bar
- beanery
- bistro
- blue-plate
- boîte
- brasserie
- bus
- busboy
- cabaret
- cafe
- cafeteria
- canteen
- carafe
- carhop
- carvery
- cash desk
- check
- chef
- Chinky
- chophouse
- clientele
- commissary
- concierge
- corkage
- cover
- cover charge
- crêperie
- dance floor
- destination
- diner
- dining car
- doggy bag
- drive-in
- eat
- eatery
- feel
- floor show
- gangbuster
- garçon
- go
- grill
- hole in the wall
- house
- luncheonette
- maître d'hôtel
- menu
- mystery shopper
- noshery
- patron
- patronage
