Pub

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pub \pub\ (p[u^]b), n. [Shortened from Public house.]
     A retail business where alcoholic beverages are sold by the
     drink; a bar; a tavern.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pub
       n : tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms;
           often provides light meals [syn: {public house}, {saloon},
            {pothouse}, {gin mill}, {taphouse}]
       [also: {pubbing}, {pubbed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "pub":
     alehouse, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor,
     bistro, blind tiger, boardinghouse, cabaret, cafe, cocktail lounge,
     dive, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dramshop, drinkery,
     drinking saloon, fleabag, flophouse, gin mill, groggery, grogshop,
     guest house, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn,
     local, lodging house, nightclub, ordinary, pension, posada,
     pothouse, public, public house, rathskeller, roadhouse,
     rooming house, rummery, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, speakeasy,
     taproom, tavern, wine shop
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PUB
       Physical Unit Block
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PUB
       
          1. PUBlishing.  A 1972 text-formatting language for {TOPS-10},
          with syntax based on {SAIL}.  Influenced {TeX} and {Scribe}.
          ["PUB: The Document Compiler", Larry Tesler, Stanford AI Proj
          Op Note, Sept 1972].
       
          2. /pub, the top-level, publicly accessible directory on most
          {anonymous FTP} archives.  This is usually where the
          interesting files are.  See {pubic directory}.