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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Chacon and Ball—who got engaged last year—met in 2019 while working in a Tampa coffee shop. Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025 Turnaround still brewing People walk past a Starbucks coffee shop on April 11, 2025 in New York City. Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025 Pooler, who is based in Scotland, has followed the rise of Yemeni coffee shops in the U.S. and the U.K. Neda Ulaby, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025 That nighttime encounter comes a couple weeks after Bieber had a daytime run-in with with shutterbugs outside a coffee shop near the Coachella Valley. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 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 4 May. 2025.

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