hot coffee
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1.0
- noun
- /hɑt ˈkɔfi/
:
café caliente
- She served hot coffee along with freshly baked pastries at the brunch.
I normally don't drink hot coffee, but I do love it.
- I normally don't drink hot coffee, but I do love it.
- From Jean G it says what's better, hot coffee or iced coffee?
- So I had to put my hot coffee in this because we also don't have ice.
- But here I was at the dinner table eating dinner and drinking hot coffee.
- You can also add hot coffee or espresso right now instead of water if you want to do that.
- I'm tempted to go to Casey's and literally get a hot coffee because I am just so tired and I don't feel like doing it, but that's dumb.
- Well, half those people they did that with had hot coffee.
- But it has a pouring set pout so you can drink hopefully not hot coffee.
- I normally don't drink hot coffee, but I'm cold and a nice bug.
- We imagine that this hot coffee really has this thing, this potential to become cold.
- But if we know one thing about narcissistic shame, I will bet you that that person who threw that hot coffee tantrum won't show up again.
Examples
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Well, there is hot coffee on the stove if you want some.
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A mug of hot coffee or tea will help ward off the chill.
Academic text (2005) -
I made some breakfast, and you have some hot coffee.
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Have a cup of hot coffee.
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I made some hot coffee.
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I was asked if I wanted some hot coffee, which I did.
Academic text (1999) -
No, it is a little cold in here, I think I'll have some of that hot coffee.
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You all get comfortable and I'll make a pot of hot coffee.
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Louise went downstairs and brought up a cup of hot coffee for her mother.
Fiction book (1990) -
Breakfast was hot coffee and lots of it, toast, eggs fried in butter, sausage, and hash-browns.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A hot drink made by brewing roasted, ground beans with water
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1.3
A hot drink of strong espresso mixed with steamed milk
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3.2
A strong dark drink made by pushing hot water through ground coffee beans
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3.4
A hot drink made from strong coffee, chocolate, and steamed milk
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1.9
A powder or small pieces you mix with hot water to make coffee
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2.5
Coffee made by pouring hot water through a paper filter with ground coffee
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4.8
A wrong spelling of espresso, the strong coffee made by pushing hot water through ground beans
A coffee made by adding hot water to a shot of espresso
A hot drink made of equal parts hot coffee and hot milk
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'coffee served at a high temperature' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hot' (high temperature) with 'coffee' (the beverage). This adjective+noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun hot coffee creates a simple image: the word hot plus coffee makes you imagine a steaming cup in your hands. That's why hot coffee means 'coffee served very hot'.