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.

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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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• minibars
  plural

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Example Sentences

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Some hotels are trying to offer more affordable options after the uproar over the $26 bottle of water from the Aria minibar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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

Police said the man, a Spanish national, also consumed minibar items during his stays and occasionally left bills unpaid.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

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

The minibars are profitable, and some hotel guests — although they hate the overpriced items — still use them.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

As if the residents were more enamored with having minibars, hot tubs and big-screen TVs than the comforts of home, with their own bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and belongings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 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

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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