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# coffee

«coffee» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hot dark-brown drink made from the roasted and ground…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (coffee, uncountable; a coffee, coffees = a cup)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Coffee is a hot dark-brown drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#m1)

2) Coffee is also the beans or powder used to make the drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#m2)

3) A coffee is one cup of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#m3)

4) Coffee can mean a light brown colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday: grown-ups often drink coffee in the morning; coffee has caffeine, which keeps you awake and is not good for children. Safety: hot coffee can scald; keep hot drinks away from table edges and babies. In geography, coffee grows in hot countries like Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia and Vietnam. Phrases: «a cup of coffee», «black coffee», «coffee with milk», «coffee shop», «coffee table» (a low table in a living room).

### examples

- Mum drinks a cup of coffee every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x1)
- Coffee is too bitter for me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x2)
- Can I have two coffees, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x3)
- Coffee beans grow on bushes in hot countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x4)
- Keep hot coffee away from the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x5)
- We met Grandad in a coffee shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x6)
- Put your book on the coffee table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x7)
- Coffee has caffeine, which keeps people awake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x8)
- In it I read that you were in warm lands where the coffee-tree grows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/#x9)

### note

Uncountable for the drink in general («some coffee»), countable for cups («two coffees»). Spelled with double f and double e: «coffee». «Coffee table» is a low table, not just for coffee.

### In the corpora

- [Example: in a café in Toronto, Mum taps her phone on the reader and the coffee is paid in a second.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/6/)
- [Coffee contains caffeine, which makes the brain feel more awake; people who drink it every morning feel slow and grumpy without it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/5/)
- [Mum gives him a smile and buys him a coffee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/7/)
- [Small spends like coffees and snacks add up fast; managing money means knowing what comes in and what goes out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/7/)
- [Apples, almonds, strawberries and coffee all need pollinators.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coffee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.