coffeemaker

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Etymology

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From coffee +‎ maker.

Noun

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coffeemaker (plural coffeemakers)

  1. 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.
    • 2018, Katerina Tsemperlidou, translated by Alexandra Kalapothaki, Greek Women are Goddesses, AKAKIA Publications, →ISBN:
      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!
  2. Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
    • 1883, A Cup of Coffee[1], 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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