ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Coffeehouse

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Coffeehouse is a noun meaning An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.

Meaning

An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.

More Meanings

  1. To distract a game player by chattering.

Example Sentences

A stranger picked up the tab for the coffee order of the next customer in the drive-through line at a Tim Hortons coffeehouse in Winnipeg, Canada.
In the same way that Old Europe’s coffeehouses begat insurance companies, he says, today’s political careers beget an unhealthy relationship with throat lozenges.
[…] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next.

Word Forms

Synonyms for coffeehouse

Depending on context, synonyms include cafe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cafe, diner, espresso, coffee, latte, coffee house.

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