coffeehouse

[ kaw-fee-hous, kof-ee- ]

/ ˈkɔ fiˌhaʊs, ˈkɒf i- /

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noun, plural cof·fee·hous·es

[kaw-fee-hou-ziz, kof-ee-]. /ˈkɔ fiˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈkɒf i-/.

a public place that specializes in serving coffee and other refreshments and that sometimes provides informal entertainment.

(in 17th- and 18th-century England) a similar establishment where groups met for a particular purpose, as for informal discussions or card playing.

verb (used without object), cof·fee·housed

[kaw-fee-houzd, kof-ee-], /ˈkɔ fiˌhaʊzd, ˈkɒf i-/, cof·fee·hous·ing

[kaw-fee-hou-zing, kof-ee-]. /ˈkɔ fiˌhaʊ zɪŋ, ˈkɒf i-/.

Informal. to engage in aimless talk or chitchat.

Cards. to make remarks and gestures during play with the purpose of misleading opponents as to the cards one holds.

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Origin of coffeehouse

First recorded in 1605–15; coffee + house

OTHER WORDS FROM coffeehouse

cof·fee·hous·er, noun

How to use coffeehouse in a sentence

After it is all finished, it will be published in e-book form by Coffee House Press.
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Except that it was published by little-known Minneapolis art-house company Coffee House Press.
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Graywolf Press is there, along with Milkweed, Coffee House Press, Rain Taxi magazine.
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He runs the Spectator's political blog, Coffee House, and writes about cinema, literature, and culture as much as he can.
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An argument took place in a coffee-house, between two men of taste, as to the best method of dressing a beefsteak.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Thence to the Coffee-house, and sat long in good discourse with some gentlemen concerning the Roman Empire.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
At noon to the 'Change and Coffee-house, where great talke of the Dutch preparing of sixty sayle of ships.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
His firm, angry step echoed the length of the dreary coffee-house and the heavy door fell to slowly behind him.
The Rake's Progress|Marjorie Bowen
He can find nowhere to go but to some sorry Coffee-house, or melancholy Walk.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz

British Dictionary definitions for coffeehouse

coffee house

noun

a place where coffee is served, esp one that was a fashionable meeting place in 18th-century London

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