Meanings
noundry bar (plural dry bars)
plural dry bars
- A bar that does not serve alcoholic beverages.
Beer has accounted for most of the sales in the nonalcoholic category[…]. Nonalcoholic cocktails followed, with some of the nation’s foremost mixologist jumping on the bandwagon and “dry bars” popping up in night-life hot spots.
2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington PostSynonyms: sober bar, temperance bar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bar that does not serve alcoholic beverages.
Similar
sober bartemperance bar
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APA
dry bar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20bar
MLA
“dry bar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20bar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry bar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20bar.
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