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coffee shop

noun

: a small restaurant

Examples of coffee shop in a Sentence

We bought a muffin at the hotel's coffee shop.
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Many commenters also noted that the situation could have been much worse with the coffee shop, with Thanksgiving being one of the few nights that the business did not host live music. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025 The plan — for a 24-hour gas station, car wash, drive-thru coffee shop, convenience store and five residential units — was slated for a residential area near her home. Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025 An elderly driver has been hospitalized after plowing his vehicle into a coffee shop in Los Gatos on Thanksgiving night, police said. Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025 And Steam Cafe is the in-house coffee shop pouring Cloud Picker Coffee for sit-in and takeaway. Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffee shop

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of coffee shop was in 1812

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“Coffee shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20shop. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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