coffee

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UK /ˈkɒf.i/ US /ˈkɔ.fi/

noun 5adj 2verb 2name 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

strong | weak

black, dark

She ordered a dark coffee at the café before heading to work this morning.

milky, white

He ordered a white coffee at the café before heading to work.

frothy | sugary, sweet | bitter

hot, steaming

I needed a cup of hot coffee to warm up after being outside in the cold.

lukewarm, tepid | cold | iced

fresh

She always enjoys a cup of fresh coffee when she arrives at the office in the morning.

excellent, expensive, good | decaffeinated | ersatz | filter, percolated, real

instant

She always keeps instant coffee at her desk for busy mornings at work.

Irish | Turkish

QUANT

cup, mug, pot

VERB + COFFEE

drink

Every morning my father drinks coffee before he leaves for work.

have

Let me have a coffee before we start the meeting this morning.

take

I usually take my coffee black in the morning before work.

sip, take a mouthful/sip of

She sipped her coffee while reading the morning newspaper at the kitchen table.

drain, drink up, finish | stir | pour (sb)

go for

After work, we decided to go for a coffee at the new café downtown.

brew, make

She always brews a strong cup of coffee before starting work each morning.

grind

Every morning, my father grinds coffee beans before making breakfast.

COFFEE + VERB

get/go cold

be laced with sth

My grandmother always made her morning coffee laced with a splash of cream and honey.

COFFEE + NOUN

cup, mug | machine, percolator, pot | dregs | break

PREP

in your ~

She always puts a spoonful of honey in her coffee every morning.

PHRASES

an aroma/a smell of coffee

The aroma of coffee drifting from the kitchen made her smile every morning.

coffee-making facilities

The hotel room had basic coffee-making facilities, though the selection of beans was limited.

Definitions

noun

A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

He and his friends used to order coffee whenever they went out.

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[…].

A serving of this beverage.

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.

The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.

The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.

A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.

adj

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.

verb

To drink coffee.

I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.

In the afternoon with Hilda and suite in three Einspänner to just beyond Pontresina; we got out and crossed the bridge over the Bernina to Sans Souci Café, where we coffee'''’d.

To give coffee to.

The association of veteran firemen, which has a membership of 200, kept open house for New Year callers, and all comers were bountifully sandwiched and coffeed.

Here at Camp Wheeler we “coffeed” and “sandwiched” the drafted men when they came from Camp Gordon several weeks ago, and the men from Camp Pike more recently.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a medium brown to dark-brown color

noun — a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

java

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

wake up and smell the coffee

Often in the infinitive or imperative: to face reality and stop deluding oneself.

Your paper gains "notice" as an example of the use of English as it should not be written nor spoken. Wake up and smell the coffee.

coffee money

Loose change.

coffee talk

Informal conversation among friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in a casual gathering where people sit together and drink coffee.

"We didn't expect this," Kantamala said later of the exchange, "so I took this opportunity to say what I think." Said Press Secretary Mary Hoyt later, "Mrs. Carter would appreciate

power coffee

A working session or seminar at which important discussions may be held, and important decisions made, over servings of coffee or at a coffeehouse.

Oh, I'll come back. I'll take a meeting. I'll have a power coffee.

cream in one's coffee

Something that one relishes.

You're the cream in my coffee. You're the salt in my stew. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you.

Example Bank

He and his friends used to order coffee whenever they went out.

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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[…].

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VVhat a devil makes thee in ſo muſty a humour? Thou art as dull and dumpiſh as a fellovv that had been drunk over night vvith Ale, and had done nothing but drunk Coffee, talked Politicks, and read Gaz

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I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.

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In the afternoon with Hilda and suite in three Einspänner to just beyond Pontresina; we got out and crossed the bridge over the Bernina to Sans Souci Café, where we coffee'''’d.

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We had coffee’d with the scoundrel[…]

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