roadhouse

English

Etymology

From road +‎ house.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/

Noun

roadhouse (plural roadhouses)

1. (chiefly US) 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.

   Hypernyms: inn, hotel < house

   Hyponym: halfway house

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

   • 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50:

     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. (theater) A receiving house.
3. (Australia) A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.

Translations

establishment

• Dutch: uitspanning (nl)
• French: restoroute (fr) m, restauroute (fr) m
• German: Rasthaus (de) n, einsamer Landgasthof m
• Italian: taverna (it) f, locanda (it) f
• Portuguese: estalagem (pt) m, hospedaria (pt) m
• Spanish: motel (es) m, ventorrillo m
• Swedish: vägkrog (sv) c
• West Frisian: útspanning

See also

• barrelhouse
• honky-tonk
• juke, juke joint