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# pub

«pub» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pub, pubs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pub (short for «public house») is a place in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand where adults buy and drink beer and other drinks, and often eat meals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#m1)

2) (informal) The pub can mean going out for a drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life families may eat Sunday lunch at a pub; adults meet friends at the pub. Pubs often have names like «The Red Lion» and quiz nights. In the law, children can only go in with adults and cannot buy alcohol. Phrases: go to the pub, pub lunch, pub quiz, local pub, pub crawl.

### examples

- We had lunch at the pub after the walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#x1)
- The local pub has a big garden with swings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#x2)
- Dad's team won the pub quiz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#x3)
- The pub is called «The King's Head». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#x4)
- There are 4 pubs on the high street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#x5)
- Uncle Mick went down the pub to watch the match. (informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#x6)
- In Australia, a pub is often called a hotel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/#x7)

### note

Countable noun, a short form of «public house». In the USA the nearest word is «bar». In Australia pubs are often called «hotels». Children are allowed in many pubs with an adult, but cannot buy alcohol.

### In the corpora

- [Afterwards everyone goes to the pub, and some people even laugh while telling stories about Grandad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/3/)
- [He said he «got stuck at work», but Leo heard him tell Mum he'd gone to the pub.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pub» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pub/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.