regular coffee
Coffee of the sort which is considered the default in a given areaCoffee of the sort which is considered the default in a given area: Coffee with cream and sugar (in contrast to the expected meaning of "black coffee" in other regions of the US).
» My mom mixes decaf with regular coffee.
Meaning
5 sensesCoffee of the sort which is considered the default in a given area:
(New England, countable, uncountable)Coffee with cream and sugar (in contrast to the expected meaning of "black coffee" in other regions of the US).
(Canada, countable, uncountable)Coffee with one cream and one sugar.
Gimme three regular coffees and three blacks.
(countable, uncountable)Black coffee.
(countable, uncountable)Coffee with caffeine (as opposed to decaffeinated).
(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)American coffee, as opposed to espresso, or a derived coffee drink (cappuccino, latte, iced coffee, etc).
Examples
2 sentencesMy mom mixes decaf with regular coffee.
Decaf doesn't taste the same as regular coffee.
Forms
plural: regular coffees| Singular | regular coffee |
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regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable