minibar
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editminibar (pluralminibars)
- A smallrefrigerator in ahotel room, containingdrinks andsnacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
- 1999,Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume131, page96:
- Print on the wall, earth tones on the bed, data port on the phone, fifty-five channels on the TV, including E! and Bravo: the modern secular hotel in perfect replica, except for the fact that there's no Spankavision and nominibar.
- 2004 December 12, Karen Robionvitz, “WHAT'S NEXT; SEX KITS IN THE MINIBAR.”, inThe New York Times[1]:
- "Something that's playful entices guests and loosens the scene and makes things relaxed," said Scott Engelman, the director of food and beverage at the Hotel Victor, in Miami Beach, which is scheduled to open on Wednesday and will include in itsminibar offerings the Passion Pleasure, a box the size of a deck of cards that holds two condoms, alcohol-free wipes, lubricant and performance gel that Mr. Engelman describes as "a cream version of Viagra."
- 2017 May 22, Tammy La Grace, “Drink Up, Business Travelers. The Minibar Is on the Way Out.”, inThe New York Times[2]:
- “When I’m exhausted and thirsty, I don’t want to have to leave my room to go get water because there’s nominibar. That’s one of my biggest rants,” he said. (Dr. Robson confirmed thatminibars are, in fact, becoming extinct. “They take up space and energy and they require a lot of labor to maintain,” she said.)
Translations
editsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
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editGalician
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editBorrowed fromEnglishminibar, equivalent tomini- +bar.
Noun
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editItalian
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editBorrowed fromEnglishminibar. Bysurface analysis,mini- +bar.
Noun
editminibar m (invariable)
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editPortuguese
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editBorrowed fromEnglishminibar. Bysurface analysis,mini- +bar.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation:mi‧ni‧bar
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed fromEnglishminibar, equivalent tomini- +bar.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- minibar
- Synonym:frigobar
Further reading
edit- “minibar”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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