Akademik

free house
noun
a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑public house, ↑pub, ↑saloon, ↑pothouse, ↑gin mill, ↑taphouse

* * *

noun
: a British inn or public house not committed to the purchase of supplies from a particular brewery

* * *

Brit.
a tavern that, having no affiliation or contract with a particular brewery, serves several brands of beer, ale, etc.
[1855-60]

* * *

free house noun
A public house that is not tied to a particular supplier
• • •
Main Entry: ↑free

* * *

free house UK US noun [countable] [singular free house plural free houses]
a pub in the UK that is not owned by one particular brewery and can therefore sell beer made by various different companies
Thesaurus: bars, pubs and clubshyponym

* * *

ˌfree ˈhouse [free house] noun
(in Britain) a pub that can sell different types of beer because it is not owned and controlled by one particular ↑brewery (= a company producing beer)
compare ↑tied house

Useful english dictionary. 2012.