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Cafe

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ca·fé also ca·fe  (k-f, k-)
n.
A coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar.
[French, coffee, café, from Italian caffè, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh; see coffee.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Cafe - a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are soldcafe - a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse
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
eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant - a building where people go to eat
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At Bredin's Parisian Cafe and Restaurant in Soho, where Paul worked, there were none of these things; and Paul himself, though he certainly moved swiftly, was by no means noiseless.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
His house stood in a handsome street near the Elysee-- a street which in that strong summer seemed almost as full of foliage as the park itself; a row of chestnuts shattered the sunshine, interrupted only in one place where a large cafe ran out into the street.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
The cafe in question was only a hundred paces away; so, when coffee had been brought, we seated ourselves, and I lit a cigarette.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
 
 
 
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