COFFEE GROUNDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coffee grounds mean? 

• COFFEE GROUNDS (noun)
  The noun COFFEE GROUNDS has 1 sense:

1. the dregs remaining after brewing coffee

  Familiarity information: COFFEE GROUNDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COFFEE GROUNDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dregs remaining after brewing coffee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("coffee grounds" is a kind of...):

grounds (dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

 Context examples 

Signs of bleeding in the upper digestive tract include: • Bright red blood in vomit • Vomit that looks like coffee grounds • Black or tarry stool • Dark blood mixed with stool

(Gastrointestinal Bleeding, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)