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Definition of "eatery" []

  • Informal A restaurant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "eatery" in a sentence
  • "Besides its exterior neon sign, the most distinctive feature of the eatery is the maze-like wooden stalls that divide the diners."
  • "The editor refused to print the word eatery, for restaurant, for example, or boast for have or don for wear or penned for wrote or queried for asked."
  • "First, Britwick made their way to Williams-Sonoma to pick up a few household essentials and then they grabbed a bite to eat at the local Red Robin eatery:"