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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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The Leesburg Coffee Corridor begs you to create those idyllic holiday moments with favorite coffee shops like SideBar, Goosecup, and King Street Coffee. Heather Bien, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025 The performance lit a spark, and within months, Buckley was singing in Manhattan clubs and coffee shops. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025 Its grounds are now home to a nonprofit commissary kitchen, the Denver School of the Arts, a coffee shop and a church. Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025 The team is constantly trying to improve their recipes, and recently did a taste-test of 20 different types of vanilla syrup, according to Ryan Bavetta, who helps to operate the coffee shop that his wife, Salome Bavetta, owns. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 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 11 Dec. 2025.

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