Coffeehouse

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.

    "[…] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next."

  2. 2
    a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To distract a game player by chattering.

Synonyms

All synonyms
coffee shopautomatbeanerybistrobuffetcafe

Example

More examples

"As I entered the coffeehouse, I found two young men watching a wrestling match on television."

Etymology

From coffee + house.

Related phrases

basket housecoffee barcoffee shop

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