COFFEE SHOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coffee shop mean? 

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

1. a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COFFEE SHOP (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 ("coffee shop" 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 "coffee shop"):

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)