restaurant
noun
res·tau·rant
ˈre-stə-ˌränt 
-stränt,
also -st(ə-)rənt,
-stərnt
: a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased
Examples of restaurant in a Sentence
when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant
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The cavernous space — often half-empty during February’s high season when restaurants throughout Southwest Florida have waiting lists — reinforces the sensation of still being in transit rather than having arrived at a destination.
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2025
Staying inside the top-10 would lead to an unprecedented payday for Walker, who took a job as a waiter at restaurant chain Bahama Breeze around early 2022 before deciding to return to golf, according to his PGA Tour bio.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
He was spotted by security cameras filling up his car at a gas station near the restaurant at about 8:30 a.m.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The restaurant voluntarily closed due to a ventilation issue.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2025
Staying inside the top-10 would lead to an unprecedented payday for Walker, who took a job as a waiter at restaurant chain Bahama Breeze around early 2022 before deciding to return to golf, according to his PGA Tour bio.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
He was spotted by security cameras filling up his car at a gas station near the restaurant at about 8:30 a.m.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The restaurant voluntarily closed due to a ventilation issue.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
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restaurant
noun
res·tau·rant
ˈres-t(ə-)rənt
-tə-ˌränt
: a business place where meals or refreshments may be bought
Etymology
from French restaurant "food that restores, restaurant," from restaurer "to restore, renew"
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