Meaning & use
taproom
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Meanings
nouncountable
A bar or room where beer is served from taps, especially one attached to a brewery.
Grammar: Plural is taprooms: the town has three taprooms.
Patterns
- a taproom in something
We tried the new pale ale at the brewery's taproom.
The taproom is open on weekends and welcomes dogs.
Friends met at a taproom after the game.
nouncountableold-fashioned
In older use, the public bar of an inn or pub, as opposed to a private lounge.
Grammar: Old-fashioned in this sense: the taproom was noisy.
Patterns
- in the taproom
The old inn still has its wooden taproom.
Farmers gathered in the taproom after market.
The taproom was warm and smelled of ale.
Word forms
| plural | taprooms |
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Common combinations
- brewery taproom
- The brewery taproom serves flights of five beers.
- visit a taproom
- We like to visit a taproom on Sundays.
- taproom menu
- The taproom menu lists twenty beers.
- open a taproom
- The company plans to open a taproom downtown.
- cozy taproom
- They found a cozy taproom near the river.
Synonyms and how they differ
- pub
- A pub serves many brands and often food, while a taproom typically serves a single brewery's beer.
- bar
- Bar is a general term for any place that sells drinks, whereas taproom suggests beer on tap.
- tasting room
- Tasting room is used for wineries and distilleries and implies samples.
- brewpub
- A brewpub brews on site and also serves meals, so it is broader than a taproom.
Word family
Commonly confused: taproom or tavern?
taproom vs tavern
A tavern is an old word for an inn or pub and need not be linked to a brewery, while a taproom focuses on beer from taps.
Practice
The brewery opened a ____ where visitors can taste its beer.
Choose one answer.
A taproom serves beer from taps. A showroom displays products for sale but does not serve beer.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “taproom”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.