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coffee ring

3.6

A ring-shaped cake often made with fruit or nuts and topped with icing

noun
/ˈkɔːfi rɪŋ/

: torta de café

My grandmother baked a delicious coffee ring filled with cinnamon and walnuts for breakfast.

Examples

The bakery's signature coffee ring is topped with a sweet glaze and dried cherries.
We served slices of coffee ring at the brunch party alongside fresh fruit and tea.
I baked a delicious coffee ring for breakfast.
The bakery sells fresh coffee rings every morning.
My grandmother baked a delicious coffee ring filled with cinnamon and walnuts for breakfast.
The bakery's signature coffee ring is topped with a sweet glaze and dried cherries.
We served slices of coffee ring at the brunch party alongside fresh fruit and tea.

Synonyms

coffee cake

vscoffee ring

9 1.6

A sweet cake or bread often flavored with cinnamon and nuts, eaten with coffee

is shaped with a central hole rather than being any flat or loaf cake

coffeecake

vscoffee ring

1 2.5

A sweet cake or bread often served with coffee

is shaped with a central hole rather than a plain round or loaf form

How Sweet

fruitcake

25 1.4

sweet roll

4 1.1

coffee cake

9 1.6

coffee ring

3.6

hard roll

1 2.1

Surface Forms

coffee ring singular

coffee rings plural

Morphology

coffee + ring

The phrase denotes a literal ring-shaped deposit made by coffee, so its meaning is directly derivable from combining 'coffee' (the beverage) and 'ring' (a circular mark or formation). This is a simple, compositional description that a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer without prior exposure.

Etymology

Coffee ring is a sweet cake shaped like a ring that people often eat with coffee, especially at breakfast, so the name simply means 'a ring-shaped coffeecake'.