Meaning & use
shisha bar
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UK/ˈʃiːʃə bɑːr/
US/ˈʃiːʃə bɑːr/
Meaning
nouncountable
a place where people sit and smoke flavored tobacco from a water pipe, often with drinks
Grammar: Countable: a shisha bar, two shisha bars.
Patterns
- at a shisha bar
- go to a shisha bar
We spent the evening at a shisha bar near the river.
The city has banned new shisha bars in the center.
Shisha bars often serve tea and soft drinks.
Word forms
| plural | shisha bars |
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Common combinations
- go to a shisha bar
- They like to go to a shisha bar after dinner.
- a shisha bar owner
- The shisha bar owner complained about the new rules.
- smoke shisha
- Many young people smoke shisha at weekends.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hookah lounge
- Very similar, but 'hookah lounge' is more common in American English and suggests a comfortable sitting area.
- cafe
- A general word for a place serving drinks and snacks; a shisha bar specifically offers water pipes.
Word family
- shisha noun
- The flavored tobacco smoked in a water pipe.
Commonly confused: shisha bar or shisha?
shisha bar vs shisha
'Shisha' is the tobacco itself, while a 'shisha bar' is the place where you smoke it.
Practice
What is a shisha bar?
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