Coffee - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɔːfɪ|  American pronunciation of the word coffee
Brit.  |ˈkɒfɪ|  British pronunciation of the word coffee

noun

- a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
he ordered a cup of coffee
- any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
- a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
- a medium brown to dark-brown color (syn: chocolate, umber)

Extra examples

I bought a pound of coffee.

Do you want a cup of coffee?

Do you like your coffee white (=with milk) or black (=without milk)?

Who wants a coffee?

I haven't got any real coffee (=coffee beans) at the moment.

I offered him some more coffee.

Do you want more coffee?

Coffee and doughnuts will be provided at the meeting.

Do you take your coffee with or without sugar?

Do you take your coffee with sugar or without?

A half cup of coffee

We sat around drinking coffee all morning.

He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes.

We serve coffee, tea, and other hot drinks.

Aren't you going to invite me in for a coffee?

Word forms

noun
singular: coffee
plural: coffees
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