"caf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kæf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caf.wav Forms: cafs [plural]
enPR: kăf Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Clippings. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} caf (countable and uncountable, plural cafs)
  1. (countable, informal) A café. Tags: countable, informal
    Sense id: en-caf-en-noun-FyefcfTq
  2. (countable, informal) A cafeteria. Tags: countable, informal Translations (cafeteria — see also cafeteria): kuppila (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-caf-en-noun-BCzkobNP Disambiguation of 'cafeteria — see also cafeteria': 12 86 2
  3. (countable, uncountable) A caffeinated coffee. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (caffeinated coffee): decaf, half-caf
    Sense id: en-caf-en-noun-pYScPCvE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 35 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 10 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 5 6 73 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 73 16 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 7 79 Disambiguation of 'caffeinated coffee': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caff Derived forms: caf up

Inflected forms

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        "(countable, informal) A café."
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Amy Davis, Adam Burns, Michigan State University, page 49:",
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          "text": "If you decide to cut coffee out completely, consider going down half a cup a day, week by week, if your withdrawal symptoms—headaches and irritability—are severe. Or, mix decaf with caf, increasing the quantity of decaf until you are down to all decaf.",
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          "text": "One thing they shun is eating in the caf. alone. If you were not with a clique, you are strange. Why? I don't know. I heard the meat is processed and all the food is made by mixing powder with a measured amount of water.",
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          "ref": "2007, Karen Gurwitz, Jen Hoy, The Well-Rounded Pregnancy Cookbook: Give Your Baby a Healthy Start with 100 Recipes That Adapt to Fit How You Feel, New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 31:",
          "text": "If you decide to cut coffee out completely, consider going down half a cup a day, week by week, if your withdrawal symptoms—headaches and irritability—are severe. Or, mix decaf with caf, increasing the quantity of decaf until you are down to all decaf.",
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        "(countable, uncountable) A caffeinated coffee."
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Download raw JSONL data for caf meaning in English (3.8kB)

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