coffee

A dark drink made from roasted beans, often served hot with milk or sugar.

• I drink coffee every morning.
• Would you like milk in your coffee?
• The coffee was too hot to drink.

Common phrases: black coffee, cup of coffee, drink coffee, strong coffee

Roasted beans, whole or ground into small pieces, used to make a dark drink.

• We need a bag of ground coffee.
• He grinds his coffee every morning.
• Keep the coffee in a sealed container.

Common phrases: ground coffee, coffee beans, roasted coffee, bag of coffee

One cup or serving of a dark drink made from roasted beans.

• Two coffees, please.
• I ordered a coffee while I waited.
• Shall we have another coffee before leaving?

Common phrases: order a coffee, large coffee, another coffee

The last part of a meal, when people drink a hot drink made from roasted beans.

• We stayed for coffee after dinner.
• Several guests left before coffee was served.
• At coffee, the conversation turned to their holiday plans.

Common phrases: stay for coffee, leave before coffee, over coffee

A light brown colour like the drink when milk has been added.

• The carpet is a pale coffee.
• She chose coffee for the walls and cream for the ceiling.
• The curtains come in shades of coffee and gold.

Similar words: light brown

Common phrases: pale coffee, coffee and cream, shade of coffee