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Meaning of coffeemaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee)
  2. A person who makes coffee.
  3. coffeepot (vessel for preparing or serving coffee)
  4. Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
  5. bucket of bolts (a piece of machinery that's not worth more than its scrap value)
  6. feminine singular of cafetero

Equivalents

Examples

“Upholsterer, Letter-Carrier, Foreign-Post, Coffee-maker, of each one.”
“If your cook is not habitually a good coffee-maker, the coffee will most probably be sent in cold, thick, and weak—for want of some previous supervision.”
“To be sure it had to be taken without milk, but there was plenty of sugar, and when Rod passed his tin cup for a second helping, the coffee-maker's face fairly beamed with gratified pride.”
“One of the tests by which a Greek goddess is measured is the quality of her Greek coffee. There are many ways to prepare it, and a flawless result is uncontestable proof of proper technique. Medium, sweet, plain, “heavy” and sweet, “heavy” with no sugar, with or without a film of foamy bubbles are some of the many variations of an expert coffee maker. Can she prepare good coffee? She’s a goddess!”
“There is also the Fountain coffee-maker, in which a body of steam, passing upwards through the body of ground coffee, carries over the infusion, which collects in a chamber.”
“As he poured water into the coffeemaker, Ben watched several deer grazing ... While the coffeemaker gurgled, Ben remained entranced by the deer.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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