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Starbucks

158 1.0
A worldwide company that runs shops selling coffee and snacks
  • proper noun
  • /ˈstɑːrbʌks/
: Starbucks
  • OK, meet me at the Starbucks across from your apartment.
  • coffee at Starbucks

They are served at Starbucks in Hong Kong.

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Examples

  • This one is from Starbucks in Garden Grove.

  • 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.

  • When was the last time you went to Starbucks?

  • The refreshers from Starbucks, So, so good.

  • They went to Starbucks and got me a hot chocolate.

  • 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.

  • I usually study at Starbucks because it has a nice atmosphere.

Synonyms

coffee shop
vsStarbucks
153 1.0

A small cafe where people buy coffee and light food

is an international company and brand rather than a single local venue
coffeehouse
vsStarbucks
24 1.0

A small place where people drink coffee and eat light food

is a global company brand instead of one local traditional venue
coffee bar
vsStarbucks
7 1.3

A small café where people buy coffee and light snacks

is a multinational brand and company rather than a single small spot
upscale cafe
vsStarbucks
1 4.8

A cafe with nicer, more expensive coffee and a stylish look

is a widely known international brand rather than an exclusive luxury venue

Surface Forms

Starbucks main

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.