coffee
A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
Example
“He and his friends used to order coffee whenever they went out.”
Other meanings
A serving of this beverage.
The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.
A kind of
- beverage
Kinds of coffee
- drip coffee
- espresso
- ice coffee
- instant coffee
Example sentences
Word history
From Arabic "قَهْوَة".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “coffee” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.