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How to pronounce coffee
Say it like this: /ˈkɔfi/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does coffee mean?
nounA 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.
adjOf 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.
verbTo drink coffee.
“He coffeed and sandwiched along the highway.”
To give coffee to.
“You all fed me and coffee’d me and warmed me up.”
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