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minibar

American  
[min-ee-bahr] / ˈmɪn iˌbɑr /

noun

  • minibars
    plural
  1. a small refrigerator, especially in a hotel room, stocked with liquor, nonalcoholic beverages, and snacks.


minibar British  
/ ˈmɪnɪˌbɑː /

noun

  1. a selection of drinks and confectionery provided in a hotel bedroom and charged to the guest's bill if used

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At the Andaz Lisbon in Portugal, my minibar was filled with juices, varieties of water and soda and nearby snacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

In Q lab, one scientist mentions discovering the "lifeboat with a minibar" that appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me, observing: "I guess things were different in the 80s."

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

When he got bored of the personal minibar at his suite, he and his fellow first-class passengers could walk a few feet to the onboard bar.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

He has been confined to a small room with a minibar, air conditioning and a television at a Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia.

From Barron's Dec. 25, 2025

I also found out that there are about 70,571 hotel rooms, and most rooms have a main lock, a bathroom lock, a closet lock, and a lock to the minibar.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

The $5,000 suites, which accommodate four people, are decked out like hotel rooms with showers, balconies, minibars without price sheets, snacks galore and a drawer of Apple charging accessories free for the taking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Modern hotels are filled with items guests don’t want, like minibars.

From Seattle Times Nov. 27, 2023

Straight upright, in our Secret Service black, Earpieces, pistols, shades, we dragged to France, Till on our minibars we turned our backs, And towards the Belleau Wood aimed our advance.

From Slate Nov. 10, 2018

Guests can experience the underworld in their bunny slippers: The minibars are stocked with cocktails from the speakeasy.

From Washington Post Jun. 7, 2017

Campers and Hunters were crashed out on sofas, washing up in the bathrooms, ripping silk draperies to bandage their wounds, and helping themselves to snacks and sodas from the minibars.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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