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 result is Pedder Arcade, which offers six shops, a bar and a coffee shop targeted mainly to men on the fifth floor of the city’s Pedder Building. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Just next door its sibling coffee shop serves perfect cappuccinos and seasonal matcha potions. — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 Some spots, including coffee shops and restaurants, will offer customers a chance of receiving a worm with each purchase. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Prue barely even acknowledges the guy riding a unicycle past her local coffee shop while playing the bagpipes from under a Darth Vader mask. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coffee shop

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coffee shop was in 1812

Rhymes for coffee shop

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