"milk bar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-milk bar.ogg [Australia] Forms: milk bars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} milk bar (plural milk bars)
  1. (Australia) A convenience store. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-milk_bar-en-noun-AiKRMAWO Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31
  2. A small shop and/or cafe, often part of a larger shop, that sells fast food and a range of dairy based beverages such as milkshakes and ice creams; a deli or delicatessen.
    Sense id: en-milk_bar-en-noun-rSyVXenK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bodega, convenience store, corner store, dairy bar, ice cream parlor, delicatessen, soda fountain, soda shop, malt shop

Inflected forms

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