sports bar

noun

Definition of sports barnext
as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar Food and drinks are available for purchase around the area, and restaurants like Providence Pizza Co and sports bar Revel are in the district for a pre-show stop. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 The Rendezvous is part wine bar, part sports bar, part coffee shop and part gourmet food market, with all-day table service. — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 26 July 2026 That number may have been even higher at Joxer Daly’s, a sports bar in Culver City. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 In the 1990s and 2000s, the sports bar had locations in Cornelius, University City, South Charlotte, Rock Hill, Indian Land, Kenilworth Avenue and Denver. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sports bar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sports bar
  1. nightclub
  2. bottle club
  3. bistro
  4. cabaret
  5. joint
  6. dive
  7. roadhouse
  8. brewpub
Noun
  • In December, at least 25 people were killed after a fire ripped through a popular nightclub in western Goa state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Well past midnight one day this spring, three police officers pulled up to a nightclub where a man was stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk.
    — Brad Heath, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • The restaurant was established in 2003 as a Grand Mariner bottle club, which has now grown to a community of 3,500 members.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Regular events and a bottle club help build community.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of bottle club
Noun
  • For hard evidence of this, go to up-and-coming Micklegate Street, a cobbled thoroughfare lined with intimate eateries like cottagecore coffeehouse Partisan, tapas spot Sotano, and contemporary British bistros Skosh and The Rattle Owl.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Back at the restaurant, which was transformed into a simple Italian bistro for their Dogue cover shoot, Sansa and Bad Bunny enjoyed a spaghetti dinner worthy of a Lady and the Tramp reboot.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bistro
Noun
  • While all of the women found their respective moment to shine, no one rose to the occasion quite like Luann de Lesseps, who seemingly decided on her own that Kyle’s white party would be the perfect backdrop for a cabaret performance like none other.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Tucked at the back of one barber shop is Screaming Alley, a cabaret production company supporting independent artists.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • Just missing the top 5 was the new Jason Statham joint, Mutiny.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Guerdat was fifth after round one, joint-first after round three and ultimately first after rounds four and five.
    — Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of joint
Noun
  • The oversize dive and pilot’s watches of the 1990s and early 2000s were an anomaly, and recent years have seen a return to more sensible proportions.
    — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The deep dive into personalized pricing comes after the FTC recently flagged dynamic pricing—or setting prices based on supply and demand as well as inventory levels and competitor pricing.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of dive
Noun
  • Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That extra dose of voyeurism, for an audience that’s constantly being let in on deep and awkward personal secrets from these characters, can happen because of the beautifully overstuffed roadhouse setting designed by Tim Mackabee.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • Regan is accused of assaulting a fellow trooper at the ReelHouse brewpub in Marina Bay on June 26 in a one-sided fight that was shown in a video taken off the bar’s security camera.
    — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Douglas County, Nevada, sheriff’s deputies said the charges stemmed from a verbal and physical altercation with a brewpub employee, the Daily Tribune reported at the time.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of brewpub

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sports%20bar. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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