Coffee
['kɒfɪ] or ['kɔfi]
Definition
(noun.) a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; 'he ordered a cup of coffee'.
(noun.) any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans.
Checked by Alma--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
(n.) The coffee tree.
(n.) The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
Typist: Richard
Definition
n. a drink made from the seeds of the coffee-tree a native of Arabia: the powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.—ns. Coff′ee-bean the seed of the coffee-plant; Coff′ee-berr′y the fruit of the coffee-tree; Coff′ee-bug the Lecanium coffe destructive to the coffee-plant; Coff′ee-cup a cup for coffee; Coff′ee-house a house where coffee and other refreshments are sold; Coff′ee-mill a small mill or machine for grinding coffee-beans; Coff′ee-pot a pot or vessel in which coffee is prepared and served; Coff′ee-room a room in a hotel where coffee and other refreshments are served.
Checker: Monroe
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of drinking coffee, denotes the disapproval of friends toward your marriage intentions. If married, disagreements and frequent quarrels are implied. To dream of dealing in coffee, portends business failures. If selling, sure loss. Buying it, you may with ease retain your credit. For a young woman to see or handle coffee she will be made a by-word if she is not discreet in her actions. To dream of roasting coffee, for a young woman it denotes escape from evil by luckily marrying a stranger. To see ground coffee, foretells successful struggles with adversity. Parched coffee, warns you of the evil attentions of strangers. Green coffee, denotes you have bold enemies who will show you no quarter, but will fight for your overthrow.
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Examples
- At last coffee is brought in, and the gentlemen are summoned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The four sat down, to breakfast, on the coffee, and some hot rolls and ham which the Dodger had brought home in the crown of his hat. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Thank you for the coffee beans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I paid for my coffee and grappa and I watched the people going by in the light from the window. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The largest per capita increase since 1870 has been in malt liquors, and the next in coffee. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The bread and coffee were highly appreciated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They all sat down, and Gudrun carefully poured out the coffee. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was smoking a cigarette and he held a bowl of coffee in one hand and blew smoke onto its surface as he raised it to his lips. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You'd better chew some coffee. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Caliphronas, touching neither coffee nor tea, drank water only, and confined his eating to bread, honey, and eggs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The coffee was so exquisite that he asked for a second cup: such a contrast to the watery stuff at the club! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The nondescript replied in encouraging terms, and brought him to a coffee-shop in the street within a stone's throw. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I dressed, went downstairs, had some coffee in the kitchen and went out to the garage. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then came the tea and coffee; and then, the ball. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checker: Terrance