coffee
A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
A serving of this beverage.
The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.
The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
Adjective 2 meanings
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 2 meanings
To drink coffee.
To give coffee to.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Doublet of café and caffè and cognate with the words for "coffee" in other major European languages, most of which are derived from the Turkish and Italian words.
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COFFEE at a glance
COFFEE has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + F 4 + F 4 + E 1 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,406 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with coffee
All rhymes- TOFFEE12
- BANOFFEE16
- ETOUFFEE14
- FEOFFEE16
- RATAFEE10
- PENNYFEE16
One letter away
- TOFFEE12
- COFFER14
- COFFLE14
- COFFED15
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