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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
nightspot is a noun meaning "a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink". It carries one recorded sense.
a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
“don't expect a good meal at a cabaret”
“the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night”
“he played the drums at a jazz club”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for nightspot come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.