cocktail lounge

noun

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

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Ember, the lodge's new all-day restaurant and cocktail lounge, is inspired by the idea of a communal campfire meal. Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026 That included 70 drinks that cost more than $20 each at the glitzy cocktail lounge Death & Co. The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026 Pinky Swear Pinky Swear is the zany love child of a contemporary art gallery and a groovy cocktail lounge—think the multisensory cacophony of the immersive art experience Meow Wolf. Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Feb. 2026 Agency, a 2025 James Beard Award finalist, has partnered with Sinta – a modern Filipino pop-up restaurant from husband and wife chefs Zach and Katrina Panoske – to helm the cocktail lounge's food program, according to a news release. Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026 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 13 Mar. 2026.

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