Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genus Coffea, especially C. arabica or C. canephora, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating aromatic drink.
- noun The beanlike seeds of this plant, two of which are found in each fruit.
- noun The beverage prepared from the seeds of this plant.
- noun A serving of such a beverage.
- noun A moderate brown to dark brown or dark grayish brown.
- noun An informal social gathering at which coffee and other refreshments are served.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The berry of trees belonging to the genus Coffea, natural order Rubiaceæ.
- noun A drink made from the seeds of the coffee-tree, by infusion or decoction.
- noun A light meal resembling afternoon tea, at which coffee is served.
- noun The last course of a dinner, consisting of black coffee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The “beans” or “berries” (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
- noun The coffee tree.
- noun The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree.
- noun a cup of coffee{3}, especially one served in a restaurant.
- noun a social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments.
- noun a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.
- noun (Zoöl.) a species of scale insect (
Lecanium coffæa ), often very injurious to the coffee tree. - noun (Zoöl.) See
Musang .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
beverage made byinfusing thebeans of the coffee plant in hot water. - noun The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
- noun A
tropical plant of the genusCoffea . - noun this sense) A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
- noun The end of the meal—where coffee is usually served.
- adjective Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
- noun a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
- noun a medium brown to dark-brown color
- noun a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Water left in the tea-kettle over night _must never be used for preparing the breakfast coffee_; no matter how excellent your coffee or tea may be, it will be ruined by the addition of water that has been boiled more than once.
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The coffee, and eggs, and bread and butter, which they had early in the morning, was not called _breakfast_; it was called simply _coffee_.
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˜coffee™ analogy to illustrate this: even if a reliable coffee machine were independently valuable, it would not thereby confer additional value on a good cup of coffee.
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_are_ tired, and can't help being tired, say what you will -- Drink this dish of coffee, at any rate -- (_he drinks coffee_).
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fjpoblam: [editorial corrections] (1) radio gently *wakes* us; (2) listening and drinking morning coffee *while reading the morning coffee*; (3) omitted news magazines [end of edit]
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"black broth" controversy -- How Conopios introduced coffee drinking at Oxford -- The first English coffee house in Oxford -- Two English botanists on coffee_
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VIA® Ready Brew since nearly 100 percent of retail coffee sales come from instant coffee*, "said Howard Schultz, chairman, president and ceo, Starbucks Coffee Company.
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Our word coffee comes from the Arabic qahwah, whose own origin is unclear.
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Our word coffee comes from the Arabic qahwah, whose own origin is unclear.
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Peak varietal expression in coffee is achieved at a medium chestnut brown color (with no oil on the bean surface) called "full city."
edwardvielmetti commented on the word coffee
you can't even bring in a cup of coffee
December 11, 2006
oroboros commented on the word coffee
The person upon whom one coughs. --Mensa word list winner 2006
March 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word coffee
Captured at Yorktown, "16 bags coffee, 2,500 lb."
October 29, 2007
cranewang commented on the word coffee
when you drink too much coughee, you gonna have too much pee.
April 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word coffee
Me (putting seedling in ground: There. That should grow well in this spot.
Lady (looking on): What is it?
Me: Coffee. A coffee bush.
Lady: Oh, really. What's that used for?
November 16, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word coffee
"In the libretto of J.S. Bach's 'Coffee Cantata' (1732) a young bourgeois German woman threatens her father:
No lover shall woo me
Unless I have his pledge
Written in the marriage settlement,
That he will allow me
To drink coffee when I please."
—Antony Wild, Coffee: A Dark History (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004), 146
October 9, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word coffee
Interesting comment can be found on salutiferous.
January 3, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word coffee
Usage/historical note can be found on tobacco.
December 6, 2016