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noun
An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: coffee shop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: house
verb
To distract a game player by chattering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cafe, coffee shop, coffee bar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery
Narrower terms: caff, cybercafe, espresso shop, estaminet, pull-in, pull-up
History
Etymology tree Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa)bor. Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)bor. Italian caffèbor. Dutch koffiebor. English coffee Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English coffeehouse From coffee + house.
