cafe1
/ˈkafeɪ
/ /ˈkafi /(also café)
noun
1A small restaurant selling light meals and drinks.Urban dwellers may eat a light meal at a café or restaurant in the evening....
- Small restaurants, cafes selling coffee and tea, as well as stalls selling sandwiches and fruit juice are in abundance, spread all over the city.
- However, be prepared to step up a gear around the huge variety of bars, restaurants and cafes serving delicious meals at less than a fiver-a-head on the Avineda del Generalrismo.
Synonyms
snack bar, cafeteria, buffet;
coffee bar, coffee shop, tea room, tea shop;
restaurant, bistro, brasserie, wine bar, cafe bar, cybercafe;
British milk bar;
North American diner
informal greasy spoon, eatery, noshery
British informal caff
dated pull-up, pull-in
rare estaminet
2North American A bar or nightclub.We'd go to nightclubs and cafés, hear jazz bands play or go to open-air symphonies....
- Like it or not, bars, pubs and cafés are our public squares, where people meet to participate in the social life of the city.
- I hung out in neighborhoods, and went to cafes at night.
3South African A shop selling sweets, cigarettes, newspapers, etc. and staying open after normal hours.Corner cafes have since been replaced by petrol station 'quick-shops', but these will still be referred to as the corner cafe.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French café 'coffee or coffee house'.
CAFE2
abbreviation
Corporate Average Fuel Economy.