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minibar

minibar

19 3.7
A small cabinet in a hotel room that holds drinks and snacks
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪnɪˌbɑr/
translation icon : minibar
  • After a long day of travel, I enjoyed a cold drink from the minibar in my suite.
  • hotel minibar
  • room minibar
  • minibar snacks

Examples

  • The rooms here got Toblerone candy in the minibar.

    Lay the Favorite (2012)

  • I finally opened the minibar in my hotel room to check out the snacks and drinks available.

  • I bet you loved the minibar prices.

    Destination Wedding (2018)

  • Going to go find the minibar.

    Hacker (2016)

  • Maybe open up some wine from the minibar.

    Rush Hour 3 (2007)

  • I'm gonna need a minibar key, too.

    Smokin' Aces (2006)

  • Harris went to the minibar.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Happily, in London, my publisher made me a reservation in a deluxe hotel, a room provided with a minibar.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Nora took a sip of the cranberry juice she'd taken from the minibar.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • As a rule, in normal hotels, the minibar is a small refrigerator containing two beers, some miniature bottles of hard liquor, a few tins of fruit juice, and two packets of peanuts.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

cellaret
vsminibar
  • Archaic
9.9

A small cabinet with spaces for keeping wine or liquor bottles

is designed for hotel rooms and holds mixed drinks and snacks

How Big

cupboard
79 1.0
cabinet
168 1.3
minibar
19 3.7
box
∞ 1.0
tray
311 1.0

Surface Forms

minibar singular
minibars plural

Morphology

minibar = mini + bar (transparent) = mini + bar

Formed by compounding 'mini' + 'bar' meaning a small/compact bar; the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Minibar comes from mini ('small') and bar ('counter' or place for drinks). Think of a tiny bar inside your room, a small cabinet with drinks and snacks, which is exactly what a minibar is.