coffeemaker
See also: coffee maker and coffee-maker
English
Alternative forms
- coffee maker, coffee-maker
Etymology
From coffee + maker.
Noun
coffeemaker (plural coffeemakers)
- (obsolete) A person who makes coffee.
- Synonyms: coffeeman, coffeewoman
- 1681, Thomas De Laune, The Present State of London, page 113:
- Upholsterer, Letter-Carrier, Foreign-Post, Coffee-maker, of each one.
- 1839, Eliza Leslie, The Behaviour Book, page 35:
- 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.
- 1892, Kirk Munroe, Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy, page 47:
- 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.
- Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
- 1883, A Cup of Coffee, London, page 79:
- 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.
- 2005, Bill Schneider, Second Chapter:
- As he poured water into the coffeemaker, Ben watched several deer grazing ... While the coffeemaker gurgled, Ben remained entranced by the deer.
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Translations
kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee
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See also
coffeemaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia