hot bar

noun

A counter selling hot food, often kept hot with a bain-marie (steam table).

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Meanings

nounhot bar (plural hot bars)

plural hot bars

  1. USA counter selling hot food, often kept hot with a bain-marie (steam table).

    As usual, after I selected food from the hot bar, I went to the main dining room to have dinner.

    2011, Ellah Etemadi, The Linguist, page 234
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APA

hot bar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20bar

MLA

“hot bar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20bar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hot bar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20bar.

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