coffee | | |
n. (food) | 1. coffee, java | a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans.; "he ordered a cup of coffee" |
| ~ coffee substitute | a drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for it. |
| ~ beverage, drinkable, potable, drink | any liquid suitable for drinking.; "may I take your beverage order?" |
| ~ irish coffee | sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream. |
| ~ cafe au lait | equal parts of coffee and hot milk. |
| ~ cafe noir, demitasse | small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream. |
| ~ decaf, decaffeinated coffee | coffee with the caffeine removed. |
| ~ drip coffee | coffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffee. |
| ~ espresso | strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans. |
| ~ cappuccino, cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino | equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream. |
| ~ ice coffee, iced coffee | a strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream. |
| ~ instant coffee | dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water.; "the advantages of instant coffee are speed of preparation and long shelf life" |
| ~ mocha coffee, mocha | a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia. |
| ~ turkish coffee | a drink made from pulverized coffee beans; usually sweetened. |
| ~ coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee | a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee. |
| ~ cafe royale, coffee royal | black coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugar. |
| ~ caffein, caffeine | a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects. |
n. (plant) | 2. coffee, coffee tree | any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans. |
| ~ coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee | a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee. |
| ~ coffea, genus coffea | coffee trees. |
| ~ arabian coffee, coffea arabica | shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee. |
| ~ coffea liberica, liberian coffee | small tree of West Africa. |
| ~ coffea canephora, coffea robusta, rio nunez coffee, robusta coffee | native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere; resistant to coffee rust. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
n. (food) | 3. coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry | a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee. |
| ~ coffee, java | a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans.; "he ordered a cup of coffee" |
| ~ coffee tree, coffee | any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans. |
| ~ seed | a small hard fruit. |
n. (attribute) | 4. burnt umber, chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber | a medium brown to dark-brown color. |
| ~ brown, brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation. |
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