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
Recent Examples on the Web
In June 2013, Nikolic invites Gates to attend Crazy Horse, a famous burlesque cabaret theater in Paris.
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Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Sources with knowledge of the situation told BusinessDen that Orchid is preparing to voluntarily surrender its dance cabaret license but keep its liquor license with the intent of transferring it to a new operator.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Betting, like cannabis and cabaret before it, has shed its reputation as a vice, and the nation has eagerly forgotten that sportsbooks exist to turn a profit.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Owner Robert Earl closes the dinner show in early 1986 and then opens both King Henry’s Feast and Mardi Gras, a jazzy cabaret, on I-Drive.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
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Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Sources with knowledge of the situation told BusinessDen that Orchid is preparing to voluntarily surrender its dance cabaret license but keep its liquor license with the intent of transferring it to a new operator.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Betting, like cannabis and cabaret before it, has shed its reputation as a vice, and the nation has eagerly forgotten that sportsbooks exist to turn a profit.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Owner Robert Earl closes the dinner show in early 1986 and then opens both King Henry’s Feast and Mardi Gras, a jazzy cabaret, on I-Drive.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Cabaret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabaret. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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cabaret
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cab·a·ret
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