cabaret
noun
cab·a·ret
ˌka-bə-ˈrā 
ˈka-bə-ˌrā
1
archaic
: a shop selling wines and liquors
2
a
: a restaurant serving liquor and providing entertainment (as by singers or dancers) : nightclub
b
: the show provided at a cabaret
Examples of cabaret in a Sentence
a singing superstar who got her start singing in the cabarets of New York City
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Later in the piece, as the audience is ushered into a decadent cabaret space carved out of the Agger Fish Building, another amazing and largely untold tale is teased, revealed, and spun.
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Corey Seymour, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Drysdale’s ruling followed the discovery by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that the 1916 drawing, Russian War Prisoner, had been stolen from Austrian Jewish cabaret entertainer Fritz Grünbaum by Nazis.
—News Desk, Artforum, 25 Apr. 2025
That venue has since closed, so the show has been transferred to Mrs. Murphy’s, which previously hosted Ghostlight’s holiday cabarets.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
What resulted was a raucous reimagining of Mary Todd Lincoln as a wannabe cabaret singer with ringlet curls and a penchant for drinking.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
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Corey Seymour, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Drysdale’s ruling followed the discovery by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that the 1916 drawing, Russian War Prisoner, had been stolen from Austrian Jewish cabaret entertainer Fritz Grünbaum by Nazis.
—News Desk, Artforum, 25 Apr. 2025
That venue has since closed, so the show has been transferred to Mrs. Murphy’s, which previously hosted Ghostlight’s holiday cabarets.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
What resulted was a raucous reimagining of Mary Todd Lincoln as a wannabe cabaret singer with ringlet curls and a penchant for drinking.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
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“Cabaret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabaret. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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cabaret
noun
cab·a·ret
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ˈkab-ə-ˌrā
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