coffee shop

noun

Synonyms of coffee shopnext
: a small restaurant

Examples of coffee shop in a Sentence

We bought a muffin at the hotel's coffee shop.
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Olsson rejects The Athletic’s offer to take cover inside the coffee shop. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 The death of a nearly blind refugee who didn’t speak English and was found dead in February in New York state days after Customs and Border Protection officers left him outside a coffee shop was a homicide, a state medical examiner’s office said Wednesday. Daniella Silva, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026 Michael Barry, a prosecutor in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General who has been investigating the organization as far back as 2011, said during the execution of the search warrants, law enforcement didn't see any coffee pots inside the coffee shop but did find some snacks and sodas. Dan Snyder, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 More mentors and more peers—The best in the business are often just a coffee shop away. Bill Gurley, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026 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 3 Apr. 2026.

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