Meaning & use
oxygen bar
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Meaning
nouncountable
A place where customers pay to breathe oxygen, sometimes scented, through a tube in their nose.
Grammar: Countable: an oxygen bar, two oxygen bars.
Patterns
- go to an oxygen bar
- an oxygen bar in somewhere
The shopping mall opened an oxygen bar next to the juice stand.
We tried an oxygen bar in Las Vegas and chose a lavender scent.
Doctors say there is little proof that an oxygen bar improves your health.
Word forms
| plural | oxygen bars |
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Common combinations
- visit an oxygen bar
- Tourists often visit an oxygen bar for a quirky break.
- open an oxygen bar
- They plan to open an oxygen bar downtown.
- breathe at an oxygen bar
- You can breathe flavored oxygen at an oxygen bar.
- scented oxygen
- The oxygen bar offered scented oxygen in several flavors.
Synonyms and how they differ
- oxygen lounge
- Oxygen lounge is a similar name that sounds a little more relaxed, but it means the same kind of place.
- oxygen cafe
- Oxygen cafe suggests food or drink is also sold.
Word family
- oxygen noun
- the gas we need to breathe
- oxygenate verb
- to supply or mix with oxygen
- oxygenated adjective
- containing added oxygen
- bar noun
- a place where customers are served drinks, or here, oxygen
Commonly confused: oxygen bar or oxygen tank?
oxygen bar vs oxygen tank
An oxygen tank is the container that holds the gas, often for medical use. An oxygen bar is a business where people pay to breathe it.
Practice
At the oxygen bar, customers pay to ___.
Choose one answer.
An oxygen bar sells breathable oxygen, often scented. The other options do not describe what the bar offers.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “oxygen bar”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.