chophouse

[ chop-hous ]

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noun,plural chop·hous·es

[chop-hou-ziz]. /ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.

Origin of chophouse

First recorded in 1680–90; chop¹ + house

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How to use chophouse in a sentence

For cheap and simple eating there were chophouses, cookshops, and beef steak houses.
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British Dictionary definitions for chophouse (1 of 2)

chophouse¹

/ (ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs) /

noun

a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc

British Dictionary definitions for chophouse (2 of 2)

chophouse²

/ (ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs) /

noun

(formerly) a customs house in China

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