café
[noun]
Synonyms: snack bar, brasserie, cafeteria, coffee bar, coffee shop, lunchroom, restaurant, tearoom

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ca·fé /ˈkæfeɪ $ kæˈfeɪ, kə-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: 'coffee, café', from Turkish kahve; ⇒ coffee]

1. a small restaurant where you can buy drinks and simple meals

2. Internet café/cybercafé a public place where you can pay to use the Internet and buy drinks etc

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cafe
noun
ADJ. pavement, transport
VERB + CAFE go to | manage, run | own
CAFE + VERB serve sth a pavement cafe serving drinks and light meals
PREP. in a/the ~

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café

an outdoor café
The central square was full of outdoor cafés.
a pavement café British English, a sidewalk café American English (=with tables and chairs on the pavement outside)
We had a lunch at a pavement café in Montmartre.
a motorway café British English (=a café beside a motorway)
They stopped at a motorway café.
a transport café British English (=a cheap café beside a main road, mainly for lorry drivers)
Many transport cafés serve great breakfasts.
a roadside café (=a café beside a road)
She was a waitress at a roadside café.
run a café (=be in charge of a café)
His father ran a café in Lerwick.

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