cocktail lounge

noun

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

Examples of cocktail lounge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bar, a new cocktail lounge in Lenexa City Center, is a combination of Davalos’ stories. — Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Folk, a new cocktail lounge situated just a stone’s throw from Green-Wood Cemetery, in South Slope, follows in that occult tradition. — Marina Harss, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

As business recovered in 2022, Pollyanna opened a fourth location – a cocktail lounge and social club – in Lemont. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

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. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above