breakfast bar

noun

: a raised counter in a kitchen that has room alongside for seating and is used for eating light meals
The large kitchen has a long breakfast bar and a sitting area with French doors onto a back deck.Elizabeth Gehrman

Examples of breakfast bar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Amenities include a full-time doorman, top-of-the-line kitchen with a large island, a stainless-steel wine fridge, breakfast bar and a private guest wing with three bedrooms, staff quarters and a laundry room. Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024 The home features brick walls, cement floors, exposed beams and trusses, a kitchen with a breakfast bar island and dining nook, and a floating staircase to a loft-like bedroom lit by three skylights. The Week Us, theweek, 2 Apr. 2024 Its marble island with breakfast bar seating sits opposite a wood-burning fireplace and adjacent to a breakfast nook. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 May 2024 Amenities on this floor include an entrance foyer, breakfast bar and kitchen island. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024 The kitchen has built-in, stainless-steel appliances, wine storage, and a long breakfast bar with a sink. Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024 It’s split in two, with a service area and pantry on one side and a dining area with a breakfast bar and large picture window on the other. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 10 May 2024 From a small kitchen cart that offers extra pantry storage to a wide kitchen cart that doubles as a kitchen island with a breakfast bar, there are a multitude of styles and storage options to suit any kitchen. Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024 Caesarstone counters with a marble tile backsplash are featured, plus more prep space on the large island/breakfast bar with seating for four. Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of breakfast bar was in 1890

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“Breakfast bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breakfast%20bar. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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