noun
coffeehouse
Coffeehouse (noun) means a café or establishment that serves coffee to customers. Example: “They met at a coffeehouse near the university to study.”
noun
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A café or establishment that serves coffee to customers.
"In the same way that Old Europe’s coffeehouses begat insurance companies, he says, today’s political careers beget an unhealthy relationship with throat lozenges."
— Henry Alford, Future TED Talks (2012)
"A stranger picked up the tab for the coffee order of the next customer in the drive-through line at a Tim Hortons coffeehouse in Winnipeg, Canada."
— Kamala Thiagarajan, If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it! (2025)
"They met at a coffeehouse near the university to study."
How to use coffeehouse
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA shop or café where coffee is the main thing served, often a place to sit and socialize.
Common pairings
a local coffeehouse
coffeehouse culture
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Word forms
- Plural
- coffeehouses
- Third person singular
- coffeehouses
- Past tense
- coffeehoused
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They met at a _____ near the university to study.
Etymology
A compound of coffee and house, describing a building set up specifically to serve the drink.
Synonyms
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Rhymes for coffeehouse
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What does “coffeehouse” mean?
The word “coffeehouse” means a café or establishment that serves coffee to customers. In plain terms, a shop or café where coffee is the main thing served, often a place to sit and socialize.
How do you use “coffeehouse” in a sentence?
Here is “coffeehouse” used in a sentence: “They met at a coffeehouse near the university to study.”
What part of speech is “coffeehouse”?
“Coffeehouse” is a noun.
What is the meaning of coffeehouse?
"coffeehouse" (noun) means a café or establishment that serves coffee to customers.
