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pumpkin spice latte

pumpkin spice latte noun: a coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spice flavors (cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove), steamed milk, espresso, and often sugar, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin spice.

pumpkin spice latte: a coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spice flavors (cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove),...
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Noun

pumpkin spice latte (countable and uncountable, plural pumpkin spice lattes)

  1. A coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spice flavors (cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove), steamed milk, espresso, and often sugar, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin spice.
    • Fall has become synonymous with pumpkin spice everything, including tasty pumpkin spice latte.2019 October 9, Addie Broyles, “How to make pumpkin spice lattes at home”, in Tri-City Herald, volume 117, number 282, Pasco, Wash., →OCLC, page 1B
    Synonyms:
    PSL

Synonyms of pumpkin spice latte

Forms of pumpkin spice latte

pluralpumpkin spice lattes
alternative formpumpkin-spice latte

Origin of pumpkin spice latte

The drink was developed by the Starbucks coffee chain in 2003, with antecedents going back to at least the mid-1990s.

Questions about pumpkin spice latte

What does pumpkin spice latte mean?
Pumpkin spice latte means a coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spice flavors (cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove), steamed milk, espresso, and often sugar, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin spice.
What part of speech is pumpkin spice latte?
Pumpkin spice latte is a noun.
What is the plural of pumpkin spice latte?
The plural of pumpkin spice latte is pumpkin spice lattes.

Words near pumpkin spice latte in the dictionary

  1. pumpkin porridge
  2. pumpkin seed
  3. Pumpkin Seed Point
  4. pumpkin seeds
  5. pumpkin spice
  6. pumpkin spice latte
  7. pumpkin spice lattes
  8. pumpkin spices
  9. pumpkin spider
  10. pumpkin spiders
  11. pumpkin suit

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