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coffee grounds

coffee grounds noun: the sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.

coffee grounds: the sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water
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Noun

coffee grounds pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.
  2. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of coffee ground vomitus.

coffee grounds meaning in Tamil and Arabic

coffee grounds in Tamil

காப்பி வடி நீர்போன்ற, காப்பிநிற, குளம்பிநிற

coffee grounds in Arabic

sediment
تَنْوَة tanwa

Synonyms of coffee grounds

Origin of coffee grounds

From coffee + grounds. Compare German Kaffeegrund (“coffee grounds”).

Words formed from coffee grounds

Questions about coffee grounds

What does coffee grounds mean?
Coffee grounds means the sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.
What is coffee grounds in Tamil?
Coffee grounds in Tamil is காப்பி வடி நீர்போன்ற, காப்பிநிற, குளம்பிநிற. See Coffee grounds meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coffee grounds?
Coffee grounds is a noun.

Words near coffee grounds in the dictionary

  1. coffee grinders
  2. coffee ground
  3. coffee ground vomit
  4. coffee ground vomiting
  5. coffee ground vomitus
  6. coffee grounds
  7. coffee house
  8. coffee houses
  9. coffee klatch
  10. coffee klatched
  11. coffee klatches

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: coffee grounds (page history and authors); coffee grounds (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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