cabaret
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cab·a·ret
[kab-uh-rey for 1–4, 6, 7; kab-uh-ret for 5] noun, verb, cab·a·reted 
əˈreɪ [kab-uh-reyd] , cab·a·ret·ing [kab-uh-rey-ing] . noun
1.
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
2.
a café that serves food and drink and offers entertainment often of an improvisatory, satirical, and topical nature.
3.
a floor show consisting of such entertainment: The cover charge includes dinner and a cabaret.
4.
a form of theatrical entertainment, consisting mainly of political satire in the form of skits, songs, and improvisations: an actress whose credits include cabaret, TV, and dinner theater.
5.
a decoratively painted porcelain coffee or tea service with tray, produced especially in the 18th century.
verb (used without object)
7.
to attend or frequent cabarets.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a floor show of dancing, singing, or other light entertainment at a nightclub or restaurant |
| 2. | chiefly (US) a nightclub or restaurant providing such entertainment |
| [C17: from Norman French: tavern, probably from Late Latin camera an arched roof, | |
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Word Origin & History
cabaret
1650s, from Fr. cabaret, lit. "tavern" (13c.), probably from M.Du. cambret, from O.Fr. (Picard dialect) camberete, dim. of cambre "chamber" (see chamber). Came to mean "a restaurant/night club" 1912; extension of meaning to "entertainment, floor show" is 1922.
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Example sentences
Cabaret is a stunning musical with one wild wrong note.
When they discovered se was a cabaret singer of unimpressive origin, they dropped the story.
Catch a show at the opera, ballet or cabaret and enjoy rich gastronomical gems of the city.
There's a pool tournament, cabaret night, constant gin rummy games and lots of hanging out with friends in the steam room.
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