wine bar
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2.5
- noun
- /waɪn bɑr/
:
bar de vinos
- We visited a charming wine bar that offered a variety of wines by the glass.
- a wine bar and restaurant
- a wine bar and bistro
- my favorite wine bar
All the drug squad run into the wine bar.
- All the drug squad run into the wine bar.
- And then I stopped at a a wine bar because I was like, by the way, three in the morning.
- And then we had the wine bar, which was so, so popular.
Examples
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It was a comfortable, prosperous-looking place that boasted a restaurant, dining room, and wine bar on the ground floor.
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Here you'll find trendy restaurants, cocktail lounges, wine bars, performance spaces, quirky museums, and great shopping.
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And then we had the wine bar, which was so, so popular.
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Educate yourself in one of the many wine bars in town.
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There's a little wine bar a little further down Oceanview.
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It is a cozy wine bar.
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Voted best wine bar by Metromix in 2010, Tastings offers more than 100 wines by the taste, glass, or bottle.
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We are at Hotel B Rone, which is an awesome little quaint tiny wine bar in Hayes Valley in San Francisco.
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Back then, these wines mostly came from France; a dozen years later, this genre has spread around the world with a blossoming of shops, wine bars, and importers specializing in them.
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Nods to a younger generation include a rooftop pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, and the penthouse-level martini and wine bar, Blu, that offers spectacular skyline views.
Blog text (30)
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people buy and drink alcoholic drinks
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1.0
A place like a bar where people drink, eat, and talk
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3.5
A place where people drink alcoholic drinks and often eat, like a bar
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5.8
A place where people drink alcohol and talk
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3.3
A bar in a hotel or restaurant that serves mixed drinks in a relaxed, stylish place
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8.1
A pub or bar where people go to drink
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bar where wine is the main beverage' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'wine' (the drink) with 'bar' (a place where drinks are served); there is no idiomatic shift. This noun-noun compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Wine bar comes from simple places that put wine first, not beer or spirits — a small bar or shop where people could taste wines by the glass. That's why today a wine bar means a relaxed place where 'wine' is the 'main drink' and you can try many different wines.