snack bar

US/ˈsnækbɑɹ/UK/ˈsnækbɑː/

noun

A small restaurant serving light meals.

Similar
snack counterbuffet

Meanings

nounsnack bar (plural snack bars)

plural snack bars · alternative snackbar · alternative snack-bar

  1. A small restaurant serving light meals.
  2. A counter in some other establishment having the same function.
  3. A bar-shaped snack, such as a chocolate bar.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounusually inexpensive bar

Similar
snack counterbuffet
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مَطْعَم التَّصَابِير, كُشْك التَّصَابِير
  • مَطْعَم التَّصَابِير (maṭʕam at-taṣābīr)small restaurant serving light meals
  • كُشْك التَّصَابِير (kušk at-taṣābīr)small restaurant serving light meals
  • مَقْصَف (maqṣaf)small restaurant serving light meals
  • كَافِتِيرِيَا (kāfitīriyā)small restaurant serving light meals
Bulgarian закусва́лня
  • закусва́лня (zakusválnja)small restaurant serving light meals
Chinese Cantonese 小食店
  • 小食店 (siu² sik⁶ dim³)small restaurant serving light meals
Chinese Mandarin 小吃店, 小食店
  • 小吃店 (xiǎochīdiàn)small restaurant serving light meals
  • 小食店 (xiǎoshídiàn)small restaurant serving light meals
  • 小吃櫃檯 /小吃柜台 (xiǎochī guìtái)counter having the same function
  • 條狀點心 /条状点心 (tiáozhuàng diǎnxīn)bar-shaped snack
Czech snack bar, bufet
  • snack barsmall restaurant serving light meals
  • bufetsmall restaurant serving light meals
Dutch snackbar
  • snackbarsmall restaurant serving light meals
Estonian kiirtoidukoht
  • kiirtoidukohtsmall restaurant serving light meals
Finnish välipalabaari, pikaruokabaari
  • välipalabaarismall restaurant serving light meals
  • pikaruokabaarismall restaurant serving light meals
  • välipalabaaricounter having the same function
  • patukkabar-shaped snack
French cafétéria, bistro
  • cafétériasmall restaurant serving light meals
  • bistrosmall restaurant serving light meals
  • barre de collationbar-shaped snack
German Imbissstube, Imbiss
  • Imbissstubesmall restaurant serving light meals
  • Imbisssmall restaurant serving light meals
  • Snackbarsmall restaurant serving light meals
Hindi अल्पाहार-गृह, स्नैक बार
  • अल्पाहार-गृह (alpāhār-gŕh)small restaurant serving light meals
  • स्नैक बार (snaik bār)small restaurant serving light meals
Hungarian büfé, falatozó
  • büfésmall restaurant serving light meals
  • falatozósmall restaurant serving light meals
  • csokoládészeletbar-shaped snack
  • csokiszeletbar-shaped snack
Italian tavola calda, chiosco
  • tavola caldasmall restaurant serving light meals
  • chioscosmall restaurant serving light meals
  • furgone ambulantesmall restaurant serving light meals
  • snack barsmall restaurant serving light meals
Japanese スナックバー
  • スナックバー (sunakkubā)small restaurant serving light meals
Korean 스낵바, 매점
  • 스낵바 (seunaekba)small restaurant serving light meals
  • 매점 (maejeom)small restaurant serving light meals
  • 분식집 (bunsikjip)small restaurant serving light meals
  • 분식점 (bunsikjeom)small restaurant serving light meals
Norwegian Bokmål gatekjøkken
  • gatekjøkkensmall restaurant serving light meals
Polish bufet, bar szybkiej obsługi
  • bufetsmall restaurant serving light meals
  • bar szybkiej obsługismall restaurant serving light meals
  • snack barsmall restaurant serving light meals
  • bufetcounter having the same function
  • bar szybkiej obsługicounter having the same function
  • snack barcounter having the same function
  • batonbar-shaped snack
Portuguese botequim
  • botequimsmall restaurant serving light meals
Romanian bufet expres
  • bufet expressmall restaurant serving light meals
Russian заку́сочная, кафете́рий
  • заку́сочная (zakúsočnaja)small restaurant serving light meals
  • кафете́рий (kafetɛ́rij)small restaurant serving light meals
  • забега́ловка (zabegálovka)small restaurant serving light meals
  • буфе́т (bufét)small restaurant serving light meals
  • снэк-ба́р (snɛk-bár)small restaurant serving light meals
Spanish lonchería, snackbar
  • loncheríasmall restaurant serving light meals
  • snackbarsmall restaurant serving light meals
Swedish gatukök, snackbar
  • gatuköksmall restaurant serving light meals
  • snackbarsmall restaurant serving light meals
Turkish atıştırmalık bar, büfe
  • atıştırmalık barsmall restaurant serving light meals
  • büfesmall restaurant serving light meals
Ukrainian заку́сочна, кафете́рій
  • заку́сочна (zakúsočna)small restaurant serving light meals
  • кафете́рій (kafetérij)small restaurant serving light meals
  • буфе́т (bufét)small restaurant serving light meals
Urdu سْنَیک بار, اِسْنَیک بار
  • سْنَیک بار (snaik bār)small restaurant serving light meals
  • اِسْنَیک بار (isnaik bār)small restaurant serving light meals
Vietnamese hàng giải khát, quán điểm tâm
  • hàng giải khátsmall restaurant serving light meals
  • quán điểm tâmsmall restaurant serving light meals
  • quầy đồ ăn nhẹsmall restaurant serving light meals
Yiddish קאַפֿעטעריע
  • קאַפֿעטעריע (kafeterye)small restaurant serving light meals
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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