cocktail lounge
Americannoun
-
a public room, as in a hotel or airline terminal, where cocktails and other drinks are served.
-
a bar.
noun
Etymology
Origin of cocktail lounge
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Mel is a bartender at a swanky cocktail lounge.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
The planes had individual seats facing dining tables, a cocktail lounge, and lots of brass and fake gold fixtures.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2023
Nordo has already begun its haunting season with a new immersive experience, “Spirit Parlour,” which features a boutique-style cocktail lounge haunted by five ghosts summoned by a secret society.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
It occupies a small space behind an unmarked door off the hotel’s cocktail lounge the Vine.
From New York Times • May 23, 2022
A bunch of lights publicized the New Motel, which proved to be, as the travelers neared it, an impressive compound consisting of bungalows, a garage, a restaurant, and a cocktail lounge.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
