cocktail lounge

noun

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

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There’s also fishing on the resort’s lakes, restaurants, cocktail lounges, and lodging options from standard guest rooms to four-bedroom cottages. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026 Music is going to be seen everywhere from on the agenda of experiences to the lighting and entertainment roster, and even in the cocktail lounge options. — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 At sunset, head high to the rooftop cocktail lounge, Citrus Club, for 360-degree views over the peninsula, plus smash burgers, salmon-belly tacos, and coconut-crab salad. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026 On one recent Thursday night, dating app startup Known hosted a dating event at a swanky San Francisco cocktail lounge for people who completed their matchmaking call on the app. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cocktail lounge

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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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 7 Jul. 2026.

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