Phrase guide

coffee grounds

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of coffee ground vomitus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: coffee ground vomitus

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the dregs remaining after brewing coffee

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grounds

History

Etymology

From coffee + grounds. Compare German Kaffeegrund (“coffee grounds”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَنْوَة (tanwa) — sediment
  • Armenian: սուրճի մրուր (surči mrur) — sediment
  • Catalan: marro — sediment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖啡渣 (kāfēizhā) — sediment
  • Czech: sedlina — sediment
  • Czech: lógr — sediment
  • Dutch: koffiedik — sediment
  • Finnish: kahvinporot — sediment
  • Finnish: porot — sediment
  • French: marc de café — sediment
  • German: Kaffeegrund — sediment
  • German: Kaffeeprütt — sediment
  • German: Kaffeesatz — sediment
  • German: Kaffeesud — sediment
  • Hawaiian: oka kope — sediment
  • Hungarian: zacc — sediment
  • Italian: fondo di caffè — sediment
  • Italian: fondi di caffè — sediment
  • Polish: fusy — sediment
  • Portuguese: borra de café — sediment
  • Romanian: zaț de cafea — sediment
  • Russian: кофе́йная гу́ща (koféjnaja gúšča) — sediment
  • Swedish: kaffesump — sediment
  • Turkish: kahve tortusu — sediment
  • Turkish: telve — sediment
  • Ottoman Turkish: تلوه (telve) — sediment