coffee bean
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- noun
- /ˈkɔːfi biːn/
:
grano de café
- Leila produces a bag of fresh coffee beans from Zabar's and dangles it in front of his nose.
Roasting has a massive, massive impact on the chemistry of the coffee bean.
- Roasting has a massive, massive impact on the chemistry of the coffee bean.
- He set them up with three things in this pot of warm water and watch how they change a carrot, an egg and a coffee bean.
- Black Rifle Coffee imports high quality coffee beans from Colombia and Brazil and roasts five days a week at our their facilities in Manchester, TN and Salt Lake City, UT.
- It will cause the coffee bean to be twisted around.
Examples
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Rain flooded many storage areas as well, soaking coffee beans that were set aside for export.
Blog text (10) -
In coffee fields, medflies lay their eggs in ripening, cherrylike fruits that house the coffee beans.
Academic text (2000) -
This one still has coffee beans only.
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And they showed me how the coffee beans are grown.
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I think my family supplies your coffee beans.
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Consider that coffee beans are green before roasting turns them brown and makes them ready for market.
Academic text (2003) -
I import coffee beans and cocoa from Brazil.
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While she was chewing, she put a handful of coffee beans into the grinder.
Fiction book (1991) -
Old man Grice was up with the sun, grinding coffee beans and frying bacon.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the kitchen, Yuki opened the cupboard, got out the coffee beans, and filled the coffeemaker with water.
Synonyms
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The small seed from a tropical tree that is roasted and ground to make a hot drink
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Morphology
The noun-noun combination 'coffee bean' is transparently compositional: a learner who knows 'coffee' and 'bean' can infer it refers to the bean/seed associated with coffee. This follows common compounding patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand the meaning.
Etymology
The noun coffee bean names the small brown seed of the coffee tree that looks like a tiny bean and is roasted to make 'coffee'. That's why it simply means 'the seed used to make coffee'.