flat white
flat white noun: a type of white coffee made with espresso coffee and hot milk, similar to a small latte.
Noun
flat white (plural flat whites)
- A type of white coffee made with espresso coffee and hot milk, similar to a small latte.
- Coffee at Adelaide airport at 2 p.m., 9 July 2006. In all innocence, I prepared to judge carefully two flat whites. The Melbourne-based franchise chain Hudsons Coffee proclaimed a ‘formidable reputation for consistently making great cups of coffee’, but its airport outlet provided no evidence of...2007, Michael Symons, One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of Australia, 2nd edition, page 323
- ‘Two flat whites, please,’ she said to the waiting Kelly. ‘In mugs.’2009, Michelle Douglas, The Aristocrat and the Single Mom, page 17
- Synonyms:
- flattie
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flat, white; especially, white paint that is not glossy.
Examples of flat white in a sentence
- In all innocence, I prepared to judge carefully two flat whites.2007, Michael Symons, One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of Australia, 2nd edition, page 323:
- It was during this break that Cole realised that New Zealanders had no idea how to make coffee, serving up flat whites in cups the size of cereal bowls, and suggesting they were caffe lattes.2009, Colin McLaren, On the Run, page 57:
- I′ve got to hand it to her, there′s no pretention about a flat white.2010, Elizabeth Martin, The Coffeeholic and the Cafe, page 111:
Synonyms of flat white
Forms of flat white
| plural | flat whites |
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Origin of flat white
The coffee is said to have been created (or popularized) in Australia or New Zealand.
Questions about flat white
- What does flat white mean?
- Flat white means a type of white coffee made with espresso coffee and hot milk, similar to a small latte.
- How do you use flat white in a sentence?
- In all innocence, I prepared to judge carefully two flat whites.
- What part of speech is flat white?
- Flat white is a noun.
- What is the plural of flat white?
- The plural of flat white is flat whites.
Words near flat white in the dictionary
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