coffee
see also: Coffee
Pronunciation
Coffee
Proper noun
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see also: Coffee
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒ.fi/
- (Conservative RP, dated) IPA: /ˈkɔː.fɪ/
- (GA) IPA: /ˈkɔ.fi/
- (cot-caught, Canada) IPA: /ˈkɑ.fi/
coffee
- (uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:
- The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter […], which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer […].
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
- (countable) A serving of this beverage.
- 2008, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian, 12 April:
- As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.
- 2008, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian, 12 April:
- The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
- The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
- A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
- A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
- The end of a meal, when coffee is served.
- He did not stay for coffee.
coffee (not comparable)
- Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
- Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.
coffee (coffees, present participle coffeeing; past and past participle coffeed)
- (intransitive) To drink coffee.
Coffee
Proper noun
- Surname
- Ellipsis of Coffee County#English|Coffee County
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