decaf
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1.7
- noun
- /ˈdiːˌkæf/
- Informal
- After dinner, I prefer to have a decaf so I can sleep better at night.
- decaf coffee
- cup of decaf
- a decaf latte
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Examples
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Father and I had instant decaf with cream, no sugar.
Fiction book (1992) -
Bob brought the decaf and white wine.
Fiction book (1996) -
I was only drinking a cup of coffee with breakfast in the morning, maybe a cup of decaf in the afternoon.
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Maybe you should think about switching to decaf or something.
Fiction book (1991) -
Can I get a decaf mocha to go?
Fiction book (2001) -
I got my coffee decaf so I can go to sleep in an hour 'cause that's what time I'll be.
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A middle-aged waitress approaches, holding a pot of regular coffee in one hand and decaf in the other.
Fiction book (1996) -
Hi, can I have a medium decaf iced coffee, butter pecan, extra sugar and cream?
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The waitress nods and offers me refills, decaf or regular, a transparent pot in either hand.
Fiction book (1996) -
Can I get a cup of decaf coffee instead of regular, please?
Synonyms
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2.4
A coffee with most or all of the caffeine removed
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8.0
A brand of instant coffee with no caffeine often used to mean any decaffeinated coffee
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Surface Forms
Morphology
decaf = decaffeinated (semi-transparent) = de + caf
The noun is a common clipping of 'decaffeinated', but learners may not fully recover the source form from the shortened shape alone.
Etymology
Decaf is short for de- 'remove' plus the caf part from caffeine, which is the part of coffee that keeps you awake. So decaf means coffee 'without' caffeine or with very little of it.