English Dictionary

GINMILL

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ginmill mean? 

GINMILL (noun)
  The noun GINMILL has 1 sense:

1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counterplay

  Familiarity information: GINMILL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GINMILL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bar; barroom; ginmill; saloon; taproom

Context example:

he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar

Hypernyms ("ginmill" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ginmill"):

barrelhouse; honky-tonk (a cheap drinking and dancing establishment)

cocktail lounge (a barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served)

sawdust saloon (a saloon whose floor is covered with sawdust)

speakeasy ((during prohibition) an illegal barroom)

Holonyms ("ginmill" is a part of...):

gin mill; pothouse; pub; public house; saloon; taphouse (tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Where one door shuts, another opens." (English proverb)

"All dreams spin out from the same web." (Native American proverb, Hopi)

"The purest people are the ones with good manners." (Arabic proverb)

"It's not only cooks that wear long knives." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact