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date bar

date bar

2.7
A sweet baked slice made with chopped dates and a crumbly crust
  • noun
  • /deɪt bɑr/
  • US
translation icon : barrita de dátiles
  • Would you like to try a date bar with your afternoon tea?

Examples

  • The bakery's most popular treat is its chewy, delicious date bar.

  • She packed a homemade date bar in her lunch for a healthy snack.

  • I made a delicious date bar for dessert.

  • These date bars are perfect for a snack.

  • For dessert, we enjoyed a delicious date bar made with caramelized nuts and a crumbly crust.

  • She brought a homemade date bar to the picnic, and everyone loved its sweet, chewy filling.

  • At the bakery, I found a rich date bar that was perfect for a quick energy boost.

Synonyms

fruit bar
vsdate bar
1 1.2

A baked sweet snack with chopped fruit cut into bars

is narrower, using one specific chopped fruit as the main filling

Surface Forms

date bar singular
date bars plural

Morphology

date + bar

The meaning is directly built from 'date' (the fruit) plus 'bar' (a bar-shaped food item), so a learner who knows both words can infer a bar made with dates. The compound follows common English food-naming patterns (e.g., granola bar, chocolate bar), so its sense is predictable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Date bar comes from the two words date and bar: date is the sweet fruit inside and bar means a small, flat baked slice. So the name is a simple picture and that is why it now means 'a sweet baked bar made with chopped dates'.