coffee
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,211 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,921 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans also: java he ordered a cup of coffee
- any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans also: coffee tree
- a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee also: coffee bean, coffee berry
- a medium brown to dark-brown color also: chocolate, deep brown, umber, burnt umber
coffee in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There were vegetables, oatmeal, fruit, and even tea and coffee.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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And a few moments later they passed into the parlor to take coffee.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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That night there was a family dinner, and with the coffee his father turned and ordered fresh champagne opened.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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They went back to the good Vrouw, who was selling some coffee bread to a woman with a basket.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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I poured myself out a cup of hot coffee from the flask which Smith, my man, had filled against my return.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1