eatery

E1A1T1E1R1Y4
/ˈiːtəɹi/

noun

A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nouneatery (plural eateries)

plural eateries · alternative rare eateria · alternative eaterie

  1. informalA restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
    1 more example

    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 31

    Synonyms: automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen, cookhouse, cookshack

Synonyms & antonyms

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nouna building where people go to eat

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Translations

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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eatery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eatery

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“eatery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eatery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eatery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eatery.

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