coffee
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈkɔːfi/
:
café
- Just a cup of black coffee, please.
- a cup of coffee
- drink coffee
- a coffee shop
Why don't we get a coffee in this state?
- Why don't we get a coffee in this state?
- They had like orange juice, coffee, bagels, lox.
- I also had, I also had black coffee, even worse.
- Like yeah, I'm just going out for a quick coffee with the stock sniper.
- Love coffee, but there's a time when coffee doesn't actually work.
- When I wait for the coffee to brew, I think it.
- The guy threw his coffee away and left.
- I either want to be having sex, drinking coffee or sleeping.
- I think people who like this coffee don't like real.
Examples
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The older man sipped from his coffee cup, then sat down on the bed.
Fiction book (1990) -
By the way, can I get you some coffee or something?
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And then I drink coffee with heavy cream in it.
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Could we get some coffee over here, today?
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Most members come early to talk over a cup of coffee, and they also stay late.
Academic text (1992) -
Do you like coffee as much as Pete does?
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I'm gonna get a cup of coffee.
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For breakfast, three rolls and as much coffee as one can drink, even ten cups.
Academic text (1993) -
You know, I drank a ton of coffee that day.
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I like to start my mornings with a hot cup of coffee.
Synonyms
432
1.0
A hot drink of coffee in a cup
132
1.3
A hot drink of strong espresso mixed with steamed milk
130
2.5
A coffee drink made with strong coffee, hot milk, and milk foam
88
3.2
A strong dark drink made by pushing hot water through ground coffee beans
19
1.0
A drink made from coffee beans served very hot
8
1.0
A cup of coffee made recently with a strong smell and full taste
8
7.5
A cup of coffee
7
1.0
Cold coffee served with ice, often with milk or syrup
7
3.4
A hot drink made from strong coffee, chocolate, and steamed milk
5
1.9
A powder or small pieces you mix with hot water to make coffee
4
1.0
Coffee with a deep bitter taste that gives more energy
3
3.6
A hot coffee with whiskey, sugar, and cream on top
3
6.8
A cup of coffee people drink to wake up
2
2.8
A coffee drink with strong espresso and hot frothed milk
2
3.7
A strong coffee made by boiling very finely ground beans, not filtered and often with sugar
1
3.2
A dark coffee with a rich taste made from beans originally grown in Yemen
1
2.5
Coffee made by pouring hot water through a paper filter with ground coffee
A coffee made by adding hot water to a shot of espresso
A hot drink made of equal parts hot coffee and hot milk
Coffee that is served cold with ice, often with milk or cream
Idioms
Compounds
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4.0
A large attractive book with many photos or pictures kept on a living room table for guests to browse
2
3.7
A strong coffee made by boiling very finely ground beans, not filtered and often with sugar
1
3.2
A small tropical tree that grows red cherries containing beans used to make a hot drink
An evergreen bush in the western United States that produces small red or black berries
- Specialized
A tiny living thing that makes coffee plants and other tropical crops sick
- Specialized
A ring-shaped mark that appears at the edge of a liquid drop as it dries
- Indian
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers that open at night
A tropical shrub with many leaves whose seeds smell bad and people use to make cheap coffee
- Specialized
A disease of coffee plants caused by fungi or bacteria that reduces the amount and quality of beans
- US
An evergreen fern from California and Baja California with dark brown stems on its leaves
- Indian
A small movable stand that sells hot coffee and simple food on streets, often at night
A traditional ritual in Ethiopia where people prepare, serve, and drink coffee together
- Archaic
A tropical shrub whose seeds are sometimes roasted and used as fake coffee
- Specialized
A large North American tree with divided leaves and hard seed pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
- Specialized
A coffee plant from West Africa that resists coffee rust and grows in places like Java
- Specialized
A coffee plant from West Africa that makes beans for strong coffee and resists disease
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Etymology
Coffee comes from the Arabic word qahwa, which moved into Turkish kahve, Italian caffè, and Dutch koffie before English; think of the word travelling with the drink from the East to your cup, which is why coffee today means the hot brewed drink.