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coffeehouse

/ˈkɒfihaʊs/noun

उच्चारण कॉफ़िहाउस

कॉफ़ी हाउस

Core word

noun
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    a café or restaurant that serves coffee and light meals, especially one where people meet to talk

    कॉफ़ी हाउस

    • The writers met every evening at the Indian Coffee House.
    • a busy coffeehouse near the university
    • Poets and students filled the coffeehouse every Saturday.
    + 2 more examples
    • We waited for our friends in a quiet coffeehouse near the station.
    • The old coffeehouse is famous for its filter coffee and cutlets.

    Synonyms café coffee shop coffee bar

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

coffeehouse (countable noun)

A coffeehouse is a cafe serving coffee and light food, often a place for conversation or reading. It is written as one word, or coffee house.

'Coffeehouse' कॉफ़ी और हल्का भोजन परोसने वाला कैफ़े है, जहाँ लोग बातचीत या पढ़ाई करते हैं। इसे एक शब्द या coffee house लिखा जा सकता है।

  • The coffeehouse near the college is always crowded.
  • Writers once met in London coffeehouses.

at / in a coffeehouse

Use at when the place is a meeting point and in when you mean inside the building.

मिलने की जगह के भाव में 'at' और भवन के भीतर के भाव में 'in' आता है।

  • We met at a coffeehouse on Brigade Road.
  • She was reading in a coffeehouse.

coffeehouse as a historical term

In history lessons, coffeehouses of the seventeenth century were places for news and debate.

इतिहास की पढ़ाई में सत्रहवीं शताब्दी के coffeehouses समाचार और बहस के स्थान थे।

  • The coffeehouse was the newspaper of its day.

coffeehouse + noun

Coffeehouse works as an adjective in coffeehouse culture and coffeehouse music.

'Coffeehouse' विशेषण की तरह coffeehouse culture और coffeehouse music में आता है।

  • Coffeehouse culture has grown fast in Indian cities.
+Collocations 5

adjective + coffeehouse

famouscosycrowdedoldquietlocal

  • The old coffeehouse has served Kolkata for a century.

verb + coffeehouse

visitmeet atrunopenfrequent

  • He opened a small coffeehouse near the station.

coffeehouse + noun

ownerchainculturemenudebate

  • A coffeehouse chain opened a branch in our town.

activity in a coffeehouse

chat in a coffeehousestudy in a coffeehousewait in a coffeehousework in a coffeehouse

  • Many freelancers work in a coffeehouse.

coffeehouse + preposition

a coffeehouse in the citya coffeehouse on the cornera coffeehouse near the college

  • A coffeehouse near the college opens early.
“More examples 6
  • The College Street Coffee House in Kolkata is famous for its lively debates.

कोलकाता का कॉलेज स्ट्रीट कॉफ़ी हाउस अपनी जीवंत बहसों के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।

  • Radhika met her study group at the coffeehouse after class.

राधिका कक्षा के बाद अपने अध्ययन समूह से कॉफ़ीहाउस में मिली।

  • The coffeehouse closes at ten, so we must leave soon.

कॉफ़ीहाउस दस बजे बंद हो जाता है, इसलिए हमें जल्दी निकलना होगा।

  • Students often prefer a coffeehouse to a noisy hostel room for reading.

पढ़ने के लिए विद्यार्थी अक्सर शोर भरे छात्रावास के कमरे की बजाय कॉफ़ीहाउस पसंद करते हैं।

  • The coffeehouse offers free Wi-Fi to its customers.

कॉफ़ीहाउस अपने ग्राहकों को मुफ़्त Wi-Fi देता है।

  • Radhika wrote half her essay in the corner of a quiet coffeehouse.

राधिका ने अपना आधा निबंध एक शांत कॉफ़ीहाउस के कोने में लिखा।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ We went to the coffeehouse for taking a coffee.

✓ We went to the coffeehouse to have a coffee.

Purpose is expressed with a to-infinitive, not for + -ing.

उद्देश्य बताने के लिए to-infinitive आता है, 'for + -ing' नहीं।