coffee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a seed of the coffee tree

   ground to make coffee

2. 2
   noun

   a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

   They ordered a cup of coffee.

3. 3
   noun

   A 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.

4. 4
   noun

   A serving of this beverage.

   As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.

5. 5
   noun

   The end of a meal, when coffee is served.

   He did not stay for coffee.

6. 6
   verb

   To drink coffee.

   I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.

7. 7
   verb

   To give coffee to.

   The association of veteran firemen, which has a membership of 200, kept open house for New Year callers, and all comers were bountifully sandwiched and coffeed.

8. 8
   noun

   a medium brown to dark-brown color

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa)bor. Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)bor. Italian caffèbor. Dutch koffiebor. English coffee Borrowed from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Doublet of café and caffè and cognate with the words for "coffee" in other major European languages, most of which are derived from the Turkish and Italian words.