coffee break
noun
a break from work for coffee, a snack, etc.
coffee breaks
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pluralof coffee break.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Practical jokes; coffee breaks; banter; and, certainly in my experience, plenty of slagging for the journalist tagging along in the back of the car.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Companies love digital workers because they don’t need sleep, coffee breaks or vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Such coffee breaks are increasingly expensive, and therefore increasingly rare.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
For his part, Rams coordinator Raheem Morris and his defense thought it would be a nice gesture to give Jimmy Garoppolo several coffee breaks in the pocket, from which my grandmother could complete passes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2022
Do you think that history professors chat about the reasons for World War One when they meet for lunch, or that nuclear physicists spend their coffee breaks at scientific conferences talking about quarks?
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
