Meanings
minibar1
plural minibars
- A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
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 no minibar.
1999, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume 131, page 962 more examples
"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 its minibar 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."
2004 December 12, Karen Robionvitz, “WHAT'S NEXT; SEX KITS IN THE MINIBAR.”, in The New York Times“When I’m exhausted and thirsty, I don’t want to have to leave my room to go get water because there’s no minibar. That’s one of my biggest rants,” he said. (Dr. Robson confirmed that minibars are, in fact, becoming extinct. “They take up space and energy and they require a lot of labor to maintain,” she said.)
2017 May 22, Tammy La Grace, “Drink Up, Business Travelers. The Minibar Is on the Way Out.”, in The New York Times
Minibar2
- obsoleteObsolete form of Malabar.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Italianminiatura
- Englishminiature
- Englishmini-
- Englishbar
- Englishminibar
Translations
Basque minibar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Dutch minibar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Finnish minibar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
French mini-bar
- mini-barsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
German Minibar
- Minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Italian minibar, frigobar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
- frigobarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Japanese ミニバー
- ミニバー (minibā)small refrigerator in a hotel room
Korean 미니바
- 미니바 (miniba)small refrigerator in a hotel room
Norwegian Bokmål minibar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Portuguese minibar, frigobar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
- frigobarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Romanian mini-bar
- mini-barsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Russian мини-ба́р
- мини-ба́р (mini-bár)small refrigerator in a hotel room
Spanish minibar, frigobar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
- frigobarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Swedish minibar
- minibarsmall refrigerator in a hotel room
Ukrainian міні-ба́р
- міні-ба́р (mini-bár)small refrigerator in a hotel room
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Cite this entry
minibar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minibar
“minibar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minibar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minibar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minibar.
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