coffee shop
noun
a small, usually inexpensive, restaurant where refreshments and light meals are served.
coffee shops
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pluralof coffee shop.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes compatibility unfolds over long conversations at coffee shops or even on the dance floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Public Wi-Fi networks, like those found in coffee shops, airports and hotels, are security nightmares.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
“All that plus gas at $4 per gallon, and I live an hour from the city, translates to partying like it’s 1999 and chatting up women in coffee shops and on the sidewalk.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
And some coffee shops have become so fancy that they have lost the coffee entirely.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
I preferred it to hamburgers or hot dogs, the only alternative I could afford in the coffee shops on Massachusetts Avenue, and, besides, at the time I had yet to consume any beef.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
