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# restaurant

noun (a restaurant, restaurants)

«restaurant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, at a restaurant you look at a menu, order from a waiter or waitress, eat, then pay the bill; in many countries people also leave a tip. In maths, restaurant problems ask you to add up a bill, share it between people, or work out change. In manners lessons, you learn to sit nicely, use cutlery and say please and thank you to staff. Phrases: go to a restaurant, eat at a restaurant, fast-food restaurant, Italian restaurant, restaurant bill.

### Examples

- We went to a restaurant for Dad's birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x1)
- The restaurant was full, so we waited for a table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x2)
- I ordered pasta at the Italian restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x3)
- The bill at the restaurant came to 48 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x4)
- Four friends shared the restaurant bill equally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x5)
- Remember to say thank you to the waiter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x6)
- The restaurant kitchen must be very clean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a restaurant, two restaurants. Spelling trap: r-e-s-t-a-u-r-a-n-t, the "au" is easy to forget. It is pronounced REST-ront or REST-uh-ront. A café is smaller and simpler; a takeaway (UK, Australia) or takeout (USA) sells food to eat elsewhere. In maths, splitting a bill means dividing the total by the number of people.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «restaurant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restaurant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«restaurant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/restaurant.html) on Mova free.