sushi bar
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈsuːʃi bɑːr/
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sushi bar
- At the sushi bar, you can watch the chefs skillfully prepare your food right in front of you.
- sushi bar and restaurant
- good sushi bar
- tiny sushi bar
This grocery store has a make your own sushi bar, so we've just filled up some boxes.
- This grocery store has a make your own sushi bar, so we've just filled up some boxes.
Examples
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Jiro doesn't look like much, just a small sushi bar located in a subway station in Japan.
Blog text (3) -
That includes a full sushi bar and hibachi grill where the food is cooked in front of patrons.
Blog text (6) -
And I figured it was either here or the sushi bar.
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"Let's not talk about this in a sushi bar, okay?"
Fiction book (2001) -
But according to many experts, this small sushi bar is the best restaurant of its kind in the entire world.
Blog text (3) -
At sushi bars, you eat raw fish, Miss Grant.
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Now, then, Miss Grant, I'm going on a business trip to California, and I was wondering if you could recommend a good sushi bar.
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The sushi bar was tiny and crowded, and Amy was half an hour late.
Fiction book (2001) -
Wegmans also has a popular sushi bar.
Blog text (30) -
This grocery store has a make your own sushi bar, so we've just filled up some boxes.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'sushi' (the food) modifies 'bar' (a counter or place where food/drinks are served), so together they denote a place where sushi is prepared and served. This noun+noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The name sushi bar comes from Japanese food counters where chefs make sushi behind a long counter and customers sit close and watch. The word sushi is the food and bar means the counter where people sit, so the phrase now means 'a restaurant or counter where sushi is prepared and served'.