snack bar

noun

: a public eating place where snacks are served usually at a counter

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Meanings of Concession

Concession carries two very distinct meanings in English. It is commonly used to indicate something that has been conceded (as when the politician who loses a race gives a concession speech, or when someone makes a concession in an argument). In a completely different context, the word may be found in the phrase concession stand. Where does this last use come from? Were concession stands originally set up to settle arguments or elections? Hardly. The concession in concession stand denotes “a usually exclusive right to undertake and profit by a specified activity.” The phrase is first recorded in a classified ad seeking someone to work at a booth at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

Examples of snack bar in a Sentence

There's a snack bar at the pool where we can get nachos.

Recent Examples on the Web

Beaches include Trunk Bay Beach, considered one of the world’s most beautiful, where visitors can snorkel, walk on accessible paths, and have access to a snack bar, restrooms, and showers for a day-use fee of $5 per person. —Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026

Before the swim club snack bar, there was his grandfather. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026

These days Roy’s operates as a gas station, gift shop and snack bar, not a cafe or motel. —Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

In other words, the party ends because the cosmic snack bar is empty. —Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for snack bar

• adar
• afar
• ajar
• alar
• alvar
• bazaar
• bizarre
• boxcar
• boyar
• bulbar
• cachar
• cigar

Kids Definition

snack bar

noun

: a public eating place where snacks are served usually at a counter