pub

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pub
    n 1: tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public
         rooms; often provides light meals [syn: {public house},
         {pub}, {saloon}, {pothouse}, {gin mill}, {taphouse}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pub \pub\ (p[u^]b), n. [Shortened from Public house.]
   A retail business where alcoholic beverages are sold by the
   drink; a bar; a tavern.
   [PJC]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

PUB

   1. PUBlishing.  A 1972 text-formatting language for {TOPS-10},
   with syntax based on {SAIL}.  Influenced {TeX} and {Scribe}.
   ["PUB: The Document Compiler", Larry Tesler, Stanford AI Proj
   Op Note, Sept 1972].

   2. /pub, the top-level, publicly accessible directory on most
   {anonymous FTP} archives.  This is usually where the
   interesting files are.  See {pubic directory}.

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

PUB
       Physical Unit Block

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "pub":
      alehouse, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor,
      bistro, blind tiger, boardinghouse, cabaret, cafe, cocktail lounge,
      dive, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dramshop, drinkery,
      drinking saloon, fleabag, flophouse, gin mill, groggery, grogshop,
      guest house, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn,
      local, lodging house, nightclub, ordinary, pension, posada,
      pothouse, public, public house, rathskeller, roadhouse,
      rooming house, rummery, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, speakeasy,
      taproom, tavern, wine shop

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