Meanings
plural eateries · alternative rare eateria · alternative eaterie
- informalA restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
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Above the concourse, the underneath of the platforms has been clad with attractive wood panelling, while the columns holding them up are surrounded with seating - for use by passengers biding their time waiting for their trains, or who have used one of the 70-or-so eateries or shops that form part of the retail developments at the station.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31Synonyms: automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen, cookhouse, cookshack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna building where people go to eat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Chinese Mandarin 小飯館 /小饭馆, 小餐館 /小餐馆
- 小飯館 /小饭馆 (xiǎofànguǎn)a restaurant or café
- 小餐館 /小餐馆 (xiǎocānguǎn)a restaurant or café
- 館子 /馆子 (guǎnzi)a restaurant or café
Dutch eetcafé, eterij
- eetcaféa restaurant or café
- eterija restaurant or café
Esperanto manĝejo
- manĝejoa restaurant or café
Finnish ruokapaikka
- ruokapaikkaa restaurant or café
French resto
- restoa restaurant or café
German Esslokal
- Esslokala restaurant or café
Greek φαγάδικο, καφεστιατόριο
- φαγάδικο (fagádiko)a restaurant or café
- καφεστιατόριο (kafestiatório)a restaurant or café
Indonesian kedai makan, warung makan
- kedai makana restaurant or café
- warung makana restaurant or café
- rumah makana restaurant or café
Japanese 料理店, 食堂
- 料理店 (ryōriten)a restaurant or café
- 食堂 (shokudō)a restaurant or café
- 食べ物屋 (tabemonoya)a restaurant or café
Korean 음식점, 식당
- 음식점 (eumsikjeom)a restaurant or café
- 식당 (sikdang)a restaurant or café
Latin popīna, gānea
- popīnaa restaurant or café
- gāneaa restaurant or café
Latvian ēstuve
- ēstuvea restaurant or café
Malay kedai makan, medan selera
- kedai makana restaurant or café
- medan seleraa restaurant or café
Polish knajpa
- knajpaa restaurant or café
Portuguese lanchonete
- lanchonetea restaurant or café
Russian столо́вая, заку́сочная
- столо́вая (stolóvaja)a restaurant or café
- заку́сочная (zakúsočnaja)a restaurant or café
- забега́ловка (zabegálovka)a restaurant or café
- кафете́рий (kafɛtɛ́rij)a restaurant or café
- харче́вня (xarčévnja)a restaurant or café
- столо́вка (stolóvka)a restaurant or café
Spanish comedor, restaurante
- comedora restaurant or café
- restaurantea restaurant or café
- restorána restaurant or café
Tagalog kainan
- kainana restaurant or café
Ukrainian пере́кусна, їда́льня
- пере́кусна (perékusna)a restaurant or café
- їда́льня (jidálʹnja)a restaurant or café
- харчі́вня (xarčívnja)a restaurant or café
Vietnamese hàng ăn, quán ăn
- hàng ăna restaurant or café
- quán ăna restaurant or café
Yiddish עסערײַ, עסלאָקאַל
- עסערײַ (eseray)a restaurant or café
- עסלאָקאַל (eslokal)a restaurant or café
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Cite this entry
eatery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eatery
“eatery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eatery. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eatery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eatery.
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