cocktail lounge

American  

noun

1. a public room, as in a hotel or airline terminal, where cocktails and other drinks are served.

2. a bar.

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cocktail lounge British  

noun

1. a room in a hotel, restaurant, etc, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served

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Etymology

Origin of cocktail lounge

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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cocktail lounge

On one recent Thursday night, dating app startup Known hosted a dating event at a swanky San Francisco cocktail lounge for people who completed their matchmaking call on the app.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

The planes had individual seats facing dining tables, a cocktail lounge, and lots of brass and fake gold fixtures.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023

Ruble says the Kalakala could have been saved by turning it into a waterfront destination with a restaurant, cocktail lounge, ballroom, conference space.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2022

And later, when tasting a new menu item at Bar Vegan, a restaurant and cocktail lounge under the Slutty Vegan umbrella, she says, “It tastes like restaurant spaghetti.”

From Washington Post ● May 9, 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