✨📕 The NEWThe NEW Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition Over 5,000 words added — Buy Now! Collegiate DictionaryBuy Now!

raw bar

noun

: a counter (as in a restaurant) that serves raw shellfish

Examples of raw bar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Up the escalator and past women’s ready-to-wear, chic raw bar Salon Vert serves a six-course midday meal tailored to the power lunch crowd. Regan Stephens, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025 Think: mini pasta plates courtesy of Funke, sushi hand rolls from Kazunori, and a quick stop at Found Oyster’s raw bar to whet appetites. Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025 The menu here includes a raw bar filled with oysters, seafood cocktail with tomato avocado, Bangs Island mussels with green curry, and tuna crudo, as well as hors d’oeuvres like steak tartare and frog legs Kiev. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025 Come on a Wednesday for deals on the raw bar, or Thursday for $5 margaritas and $10 fishbowl margaritas. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for raw bar

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of raw bar was in 1914

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Raw bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raw%20bar. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!