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roadhouse

noun

  1. commercial establishment typically built on or near a major road
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Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/ / /ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/

noun

Etymology: From road + house.

  1. An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.

    Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)

    The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.

  2. A receiving house.
  3. A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.