variants
or less commonly cafe
often attributive
1
: a usually small and informal establishment serving various refreshments (such as coffee)
broadly
: restaurant
2
: barroom
corporate average fuel economy
Synonyms
Examples of café in a Sentence
Noun
the café presents nationally known jazz performers in an intimate setting
a speakeasy that became a fashionable café with the repeal of prohibition
Recent Examples on the Web
Annalise Frank, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Customers wait in line at a Starbucks cafe in a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Nov. 11, 2024.
—Amelia Lucas,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2024
The sign also informed them that they would be filmed and featured on the cafe’s social media.
—Erika Tulfo, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
What’s become their most popular coffee drink at the cafe so far?
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
Located in Corktown on the corner of Bagley and Trumbull, Folk is known as a breakfast and brunch cafe.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024
Ryzhkov/Getty Catherine’s Cafe Catherine’s Cafe is from the same group behind Sheer Rocks, and the beachfront French cafe is tucked into the southern part of Pigeon Point Beach.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
On Ukraine’s frosty battlefields, in bustling urban cafes in Europe and Asia, on Middle Eastern street corners, there were gasps and widened eyes as the news flashed on televisions and smartphone screens.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
The second restaurant for the Honduran cafe will have an oyster bar, tortilla bar, cocktail bar and specialty coffee bar, a press release says.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Shop for more gifts, including handmade crafts and treats, at the Congregation cafe's small-business market, which features live music.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Customers wait in line at a Starbucks cafe in a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Nov. 11, 2024.
—Amelia Lucas,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2024
The sign also informed them that they would be filmed and featured on the cafe’s social media.
—Erika Tulfo, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
What’s become their most popular coffee drink at the cafe so far?
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
Located in Corktown on the corner of Bagley and Trumbull, Folk is known as a breakfast and brunch cafe.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024
Ryzhkov/Getty Catherine’s Cafe Catherine’s Cafe is from the same group behind Sheer Rocks, and the beachfront French cafe is tucked into the southern part of Pigeon Point Beach.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
On Ukraine’s frosty battlefields, in bustling urban cafes in Europe and Asia, on Middle Eastern street corners, there were gasps and widened eyes as the news flashed on televisions and smartphone screens.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
The second restaurant for the Honduran cafe will have an oyster bar, tortilla bar, cocktail bar and specialty coffee bar, a press release says.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Café.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caf%C3%A9. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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