coffee maker

noun

variants or less commonly coffeemaker
: a utensil or appliance in which coffee is brewed

Examples of coffee maker in a Sentence

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Other Cuisinart essentials that are discounted now include a food processor and two coffee makers. Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 The design of the Grosche Milano Stone stovetop espresso maker, a speckled stone that looks like the bottom of a creek, gives your stovetop coffee maker a contemporary look that’s suited for a modern kitchen. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025 Now, coffee grinders, like coffee makers, can get very expensive very quickly. Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025 While skiing in the Dolomites, I was humbly reminded that most hotel rooms in Italy don’t have coffee makers. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffee maker

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of coffee maker was in 1848

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“Coffee maker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20maker. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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coffeemaker

noun
cof·​fee·​mak·​er -ˌmā-kər How to pronounce coffeemaker (audio)
: a utensil or appliance in which coffee is brewed
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