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Café

/kæf/ · noun

Meaning

(countable, informal) A café..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (countable, informal) A café.
  2. (countable, informal) A cafeteria.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A caffeinated coffee.

Example Sentences

Fourth on the list of the businesses my father and his brothers had owned was a caf on the corner of San Ignacio and Lamparilla in Old Havana.
There are plenty of restaurants to choose from when you're sick of the ol’ caf food.
Locked, empty classrooms on either side, other halls opening up to go down to the caf, two janitors' closets. Janitors' closets. Great. One was locked.
One thing they shun is eating in the caf. alone. If you were not with a clique, you are strange. Why? I don't know. I heard the meat is processed and all the food is made by mixing powder with a measured amount of water.
If you decide to cut coffee out completely, consider going down half a cup a day, week by week, if your withdrawal symptoms—headaches and irritability—are severe. Or, mix decaf with caf, increasing the quantity of decaf until you are down to all decaf.

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What does café mean?

Café means (countable, informal) A café..

What is a synonym for café?

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What is the opposite of café?

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How do you use café in a sentence?

Fourth on the list of the businesses my father and his brothers had owned was a caf on the corner of San Ignacio and Lamparilla in Old Havana.

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