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coffee shop noun

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Definition

(UK also coffee bar) a small informal restaurant where drinks and small meals are served, sometimes in a larger shop or building
the hospital/theatre coffee shop
a shop where different types of coffee are sold, either to drink or as beans or powder

(Definition of coffee shop noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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