COFFEEHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coffeehouse mean? 

• COFFEEHOUSE (noun)
  The noun COFFEEHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

  Familiarity information: COFFEEHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COFFEEHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cafe; coffee bar; coffee shop; coffeehouse

Hypernyms ("coffeehouse" is a kind of...):

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coffeehouse"):

caff (informal British term for a cafe)

cybercafe (a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink)

espresso shop (a cafe where espresso is served)

estaminet (a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee)

pull-in; pull-up (a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers)