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coffeemaker

coffeemaker

9 2.1
A machine that makes coffee at home or work
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔːfiˌmeɪkər/
translation icon : cafetera
  • Every morning, I brew a fresh pot of coffee using my new coffeemaker.
  • button on the coffeemaker
  • brew coffeemakers
  • coffeemaker with water

Examples

  • Her mother always got the coffeemaker ready the night before, and Hadley turned it on.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Oh, if you want coffee, you're gonna have to find the coffeemaker first.

  • Does that mean that I can have a new coffeemaker?

  • You ever thought about, uh, buying a coffeemaker?

  • What if I give you a new coffeemaker?

  • We already have a coffeemaker.

  • Evie's three-hundred-dollar coffeemaker is hard at work in the kitchen.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • If you're looking to save, start by turning on your coffeemaker and bypassing the coffee shop.

    Blog text (8)
  • I poured the carafe of water into the coffeemaker.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Bill Patterson hovered in the back, tinkering with the coffeemaker.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

coffee maker
vscoffeemaker
15 1.0

A machine that brews coffee by itself

is used either manually or automatically, covering more methods
espresso machine
vscoffeemaker
8 3.0

A machine that makes strong coffee by forcing hot water through finely ground beans

is for making coffee generally not limited to high pressure extraction
coffeepot
vscoffeemaker
5 1.0

A tall container with a spout for making and serving coffee

is a device or machine for making coffee not mainly a serving vessel
percolator
vscoffeemaker
4 5.6

A coffee pot where boiling water rises through a tube and flows through ground coffee

is any machine for coffee not limited to this repeated boiling technique
espresso maker
vscoffeemaker
2 3.0

A machine that makes strong coffee by forcing hot water through finely ground beans

covers general coffee production methods beyond high pressure steam extraction
drip pot
vscoffeemaker
3.5

A coffee pot that makes coffee by letting hot water slowly pass through ground coffee

is a broader device for making coffee not only for the slow drip method
perc
vscoffeemaker
  • Informal
9.3

A coffee pot that brews by bubbling hot water through coffee grounds

refers to any device or machine for making coffee not informal slang
cafetiere
vscoffeemaker
  • UK
6.7

A pot with a plunger and filter for making coffee, also called a French press

is the broader device for coffee not limited to plunging and pressing methods

How Automatic

coffeemaker
9 2.1
percolator
4 5.6
cafetiere
  • UK
6.7

Surface Forms

coffeemaker singular
coffeemakers plural

Morphology

coffeemaker = coffee + maker (transparent) = coffee + maker

A regular compound of 'coffee' + 'maker' meaning a device that makes coffee, directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word coffeemaker is simply coffee + maker, where coffee comes from an old Arabic word for the drink and maker means 'someone or something that makes'. So a coffeemaker is literally a thing that makes coffee.