Starbucks
- proper noun
- /ˈstɑːrbʌks/
- OK, meet me at the Starbucks across from your apartment.
- coffee at Starbucks
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- They are served at Starbucks in Hong Kong.
- So I'm about to order some Starbucks fall drinks to try.
- We stopped at Starbucks before we came to the studio.
- Let's move on to Starbucks and their earnings.
- The refreshers from Starbucks, So, so good.
- OK, I'm going to grab the one from Starbucks and then one of ours.
- Dang, there's nobody at the Starbucks 'cause it sucks.
- Starbucks gift card, Starbucks gift card, Starbucks gift card.
- And they would go, yeah, I know the Starbucks guy was so slow.
- I woke up six AMI, went to Starbucks, got my winning streak.
Examples
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This one is from Starbucks in Garden Grove.
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While getting coffee at Starbucks, he saw Olsen and approached him with the students' business plan.
Academic text (2007) -
We stopped at Starbucks before we came to the studio.
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When was the last time you went to Starbucks?
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The refreshers from Starbucks, So, so good.
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They went to Starbucks and got me a hot chocolate.
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Working from one's own basement or from a neighborhood Starbucks just isn't the same.
Academic text (2009) -
She'll have it, and later she'll have it again, better, at Starbucks up the street, double latte, extra large.
Fiction book (2002) -
Let's meet at Starbucks for some coffee and pastries.
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I usually study at Starbucks because it has a nice atmosphere.
Synonyms
A small cafe where people buy coffee and light food
A small place where people drink coffee and eat light food
A small café where people buy coffee and light snacks
A cafe with nicer, more expensive coffee and a stylish look
Surface Forms
Etymology
Starbucks comes from a character named Starbuck in the sea story Moby-Dick, and the company's founders chose the name to give the brand a sea and coffee feel. A helpful way to remember Starbucks is to see star and bucks ('dollars'), which makes the name feel bright and busy and fits a coffee shop.