cocktail lounge

noun

: a public room (as in a hotel, club, or restaurant) where cocktails and other drinks are served

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Sobre Mesa is a gorgeous cocktail lounge with Afro-Latinx inspired small plates. Tabnie Dozier, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025 One deck up is the Gin Project, a more intimate cocktail lounge with an impressive selection of the spirit. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025 Deck The Halls At Peacock Room, the gorgeous cocktail lounge at Kimpton Hotel Fontenot in New Orleans, features a drink called Deck The Halls. Aly Walansky, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Of the bars, the Skyview Lounge offers the best views and high-end mixology, Gilt for small plates surrounded by art-deco elegance, but my favourite by far was the UMA outdoor cocktail lounge at golden hour, while the sunset glitters off the sea and the glass high rises in the distance. Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cocktail lounge

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocktail lounge was in 1934

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“Cocktail lounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20lounge. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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