Phrase guide

snack bar

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈsnækbɑɹ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsnækbɑː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small restaurant serving light meals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A counter in some other establishment having the same function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A bar-shaped snack, such as a chocolate bar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

usually inexpensive bar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snack counter, buffet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bar

Narrower terms: commissary, milk bar

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَطْعَم التَّصَابِير (maṭʕam at-taṣābīr) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Arabic: كُشْك التَّصَابِير (kušk at-taṣābīr) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Arabic: مَقْصَف (maqṣaf) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Arabic: كَافِتِيرِيَا (kāfitīriyā) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Armenian: նախաճաշարան (naxačašaran) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Armenian: խորտկարան (xortkaran) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Belarusian: заку́сачная (zakúsačnaja) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Belarusian: кафетэ́рый (kafjetéryj) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Belarusian: кафэтэ́рый (kafetéryj) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Belarusian: буфе́т (bufjét) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Belarusian: буфэ́т (bufét) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Bulgarian: закусва́лня (zakusválnja) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Chinese Cantonese: 小食店 (siu2 sik6 dim3) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小吃店 (xiǎochīdiàn) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小食店 (xiǎoshídiàn) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Czech: snack bar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Czech: bufet — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Dutch: snackbar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Estonian: kiirtoidukoht — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Finnish: välipalabaari — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Finnish: pikaruokabaari — small restaurant serving light meals
  • French: cafétéria — small restaurant serving light meals
  • French: bistro — small restaurant serving light meals
  • German: Imbissstube — small restaurant serving light meals
  • German: Imbiss — small restaurant serving light meals
  • German: Snackbar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Hindi: अल्पाहार-गृह (alpāhār-gŕh) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Hindi: स्नैक बार (snaik bār) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Hungarian: büfé — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Hungarian: falatozó — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Italian: tavola calda — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Italian: chiosco — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Italian: furgone ambulante — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Italian: snack bar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Japanese: スナックバー (sunakkubā) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Korean: 스낵바 (seunaekba) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Korean: 매점 (maejeom) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Korean: 분식집 (bunsikjip) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Korean: 분식점 (bunsikjeom) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Macedonian: снек-бар (snek-bar) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Mongolian: зуушны газар (zuušny gazar) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gatekjøkken — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Iranian Persian: سانْدِویچفُروشی (sândevič-foruši) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Iranian Persian: اَغْذِیِهفُروشی (aġziye-foruši) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Iranian Persian: بوفِه (bufe) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Iranian Persian: دَکِّهٔ اَغْذِیِهفُروشی (dakke-ye aġziye-foruši) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْنَک بار (esnak bâr) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Polish: bufet — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Polish: bar szybkiej obsługi — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Polish: snack bar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Portuguese: botequim — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Romanian: bufet expres — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Russian: заку́сочная (zakúsočnaja) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Russian: кафете́рий (kafetɛ́rij) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Russian: забега́ловка (zabegálovka) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Russian: буфе́т (bufét) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Russian: снэк-ба́р (snɛk-bár) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Serbo-Croatian: сне̏к ба̑р — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Serbo-Croatian: snack bar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Spanish: lonchería — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Spanish: snackbar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Swedish: gatukök — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Swedish: snackbar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Turkish: atıştırmalık bar — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Turkish: büfe — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Ukrainian: заку́сочна (zakúsočna) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Ukrainian: кафете́рій (kafetérij) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Ukrainian: буфе́т (bufét) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Urdu: سْنَیک بار (snaik bār) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Urdu: اِسْنَیک بار (isnaik bār) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Vietnamese: hàng giải khát — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Vietnamese: quán điểm tâm — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Vietnamese: quầy đồ ăn nhẹ — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Yiddish: קאַפֿעטעריע (kafeterye) — small restaurant serving light meals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小吃櫃檯 /小吃柜台 (xiǎochī guìtái) — counter having the same function
  • Finnish: välipalabaari — counter having the same function
  • Polish: bufet — counter having the same function
  • Polish: bar szybkiej obsługi — counter having the same function
  • Polish: snack bar — counter having the same function
  • Chinese Mandarin: 條狀點心 /条状点心 (tiáozhuàng diǎnxīn) — bar-shaped snack
  • Finnish: patukka — bar-shaped snack
  • Hungarian: csokoládészelet — bar-shaped snack
  • Hungarian: csokiszelet — bar-shaped snack
  • Polish: baton — bar-shaped snack