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grounds

grounds

11 3.5
Small coffee or tea bits left at the bottom of a cup
  • noun
  • /ɡraʊndz/
translation icon : posos de café
  • You should avoid drinking the last sip of the coffee because it contains the bitter grounds.
  • coffee grounds

So unfortunate for me I ran out of coffee like coffee grounds.

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Examples

  • Personally, I prefer recycling for paper products and composting for coffee grounds, banana peels, and crackers.

    Blog text (4)

  • And the leftover grounds is actually an excellent nitrogen source and is pH neutral.

    MIgardener

  • Meanwhile, my coffee grounds will cool down and dry out.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • We need some honey, coffee grounds, coconut oil, sugar.

  • But I found coffee grounds in the warehouse.

    Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

  • Start the water when I get up, put in the grounds, take a shower, then pour the water.

    Blog text (10)

  • How long have you been boiling these grounds?

    The Hired Hand (1971)

  • So I poured the coffee grounds into a bowl and looked for the filters.

    Blog text (30)

  • After brewing the coffee, I noticed some brown grounds left at the bottom of my cup.

  • He used the leftover coffee grounds in the garden as a natural fertilizer.

Synonyms

coffee grounds
vsgrounds
5 1.8

Small wet bits left after making coffee

is the general name for solid residue left after brewing various drinks
dregs
vsgrounds
7.5

Small bits that sink to the bottom of a drink like coffee or tea

is used for solid residue left after brewing specific drinks rather than settled solids
brewer's grain
vsgrounds
  • Specialized
6.3

Leftover grain from making beer that farmers feed to animals

is about residue left after brewing drinks rather than after mashing of malt

Compounds

coffee grounds
5 1.8

Small wet bits left after making coffee

Surface Forms

ground singular
grounds plural

Morphology

grounds = ground (transparent) = ground + s

Plural of 'ground' denoting small particles left after grinding or brewing; the formation is regular and meaning is directly related to the base.

Etymology

Grounds for coffee comes from the verb grind, meaning 'to crush' or make small pieces. The bits left after you grind the beans are called 'coffee grounds', which is why the word describes the leftover particles.