"chophouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chophouse.wav [US] Forms: chophouses [plural], chop house [alternative]
Etymology: From chop + house. For Chinese customs sense, see chop (“quality”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chop|house}} chop + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} chophouse (plural chophouses)
  1. (now chiefly historical) An inexpensive restaurant that specializes in chops or steaks; a steakhouse. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-chophouse-en-noun-PJjANoOn Categories (other): English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 24 38 38
  2. (Nigeria) Any restaurant. Tags: Nigeria
    Sense id: en-chophouse-en-noun-j2IzGaYJ Categories (other): Nigerian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Restaurants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 31 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 47 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 50 26 Disambiguation of Restaurants: 33 56 11
  3. A custom house in China where transit duties are levied.
    Sense id: en-chophouse-en-noun-6cxSJG6P Categories (other): English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 24 38 38

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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