Americano
/əmɛriˈkɑːnəʊ
/(also café Americano)
noun (plural Americanos)
A drink of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.It can't be difficult, espresso plus hot water equals Americano....
- He looked back to the price list on the wall, where it said Americano, 20 oz, $1.95.
- After my third grande Americano of the morning, I inevitably begin to contemplate the connection.
Origin
1970s: American Spanish, literally 'American (coffee)'.
Rhymes
- stirrup leather
- stirrup pants
- stirrup pump
- stirrups
- stir something up
- stir the blood
- stir the possum
- stishovite
- stitch
- stitch and bitch
- stitchbird
- stitcher
- stitchery
- stitching
- stitchless
- stitch 'n' bitch
- stitch-up
- stitchwort
- stiver
- St James
- St James's Palace
- St John
- St John Ambulance
- St John's
- St John's wort