[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/restaurant.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / restaurant

[← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/)

# restaurant

«restaurant» in Mova's school dictionary: **A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a restaurant, restaurants)

### meaning for a pupil

A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, at a restaurant you look at a menu, order from a waiter or waitress, eat, then pay the bill; in many countries people also leave a tip. In maths, restaurant problems ask you to add up a bill, share it between people, or work out change. In manners lessons, you learn to sit nicely, use cutlery and say please and thank you to staff. Phrases: go to a restaurant, eat at a restaurant, fast-food restaurant, Italian restaurant, restaurant bill.

### examples

- We went to a restaurant for Dad's birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x1)
- The restaurant was full, so we waited for a table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x2)
- I ordered pasta at the Italian restaurant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x3)
- The bill at the restaurant came to 48 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x4)
- Four friends shared the restaurant bill equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x5)
- Remember to say thank you to the waiter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x6)
- The restaurant kitchen must be very clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x7)

### note

Countable: a restaurant, two restaurants. Spelling trap: r-e-s-t-a-u-r-a-n-t, the "au" is easy to forget. It is pronounced REST-ront or REST-uh-ront. A café is smaller and simpler; a takeaway (UK, Australia) or takeout (USA) sells food to eat elsewhere. In maths, splitting a bill means dividing the total by the number of people.

### In the corpora

- [Some restaurants use simple robots, guided by sensors, to carry food to tables.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/15/)
- [In a restaurant you speak quietly, stay in your seat and are polite to the waiter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/9/)
- [They set a timer for ten minutes each, then decide to run a pretend restaurant together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/9/)
- [In US restaurants people usually leave a tip of about 15 to 20 percent, because it is part of the waiter's pay.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/11/)
- [Restaurant kitchens and dining rooms are full of hot food, plates and sharp things, so running there causes burns and cuts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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