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minibar

minibar noun: a small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.

Noun

minibar (plural minibars)

  1. A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
    • Print on the wall, earth tones on the bed, data port on the phone, fifty-five channels on the TV, including E! and Bravo: the modern secular hotel in perfect replica, except for the fact that there's no Spankavision and no minibar.1999, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume 131, page 96
    • "Something that's playful entices guests and loosens the scene and makes things relaxed," said Scott Engelman, the director of food and beverage at the Hotel Victor, in Miami Beach, which is scheduled to open on Wednesday and will include in its minibar offerings the Passion Pleasure, a box the...2004 December 12, Karen Robionvitz, “WHAT'S NEXT; SEX KITS IN THE MINIBAR.”, in The New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: Minibar

Minibar

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of Malabar.

Forms of minibar

pluralminibars

Origin of minibar

From mini- + bar.

Questions about minibar

What does minibar mean?
Minibar means a small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
What part of speech is minibar?
Minibar can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of minibar?
The plural of minibar is minibars.

Words near minibar in the dictionary

  1. minibag
  2. minibags
  3. miniball
  4. miniband
  5. minibands
  6. minibar
  7. minibarcode
  8. minibarcodes
  9. minibars
  10. minibasket
  11. minibatch

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