coffeemaker
nounUS /ˈkɑ.fiˌmeɪk.ɚ/
Etymology From coffee + maker.
1
A person who makes coffee.
- Upholsterer, Letter-Carrier, Foreign-Post, Coffee-maker, of each one.1681, Thomas De Laune, The Present State of London, page 113:
- If your cook is not habitually a good coffee-maker, the coffee will most probably be sent in cold, thick, and weak—for want of some previous supervision.1839, Eliza Leslie, The Behaviour Book, page 35:
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- To be sure it had to be taken without milk, but there was plenty of sugar, and when Rod passed his tin cup for a second helping, the coffee-maker's face fairly beamed with gratified pride.1892, Kirk Munroe, Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy, page 47:
- One of the tests by which a Greek goddess is measured is the quality of her Greek coffee. There are many ways to prepare it, and a flawless result is uncontestable proof of proper technique. Medium, sweet, plain, “heavy” and sweet, “heavy” with no sugar, with or without a film of foamy bubbles are some of the many variations of an expert coffee maker. Can she prepare good coffee? She’s a goddess!2018, Katerina Tsemperlidou, translated by Alexandra Kalapothaki, Greek Women are Goddesses, AKAKIA Publications, →ISBN:
2
Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
- There is also the Fountain coffee-maker, in which a body of steam, passing upwards through the body of ground coffee, carries over the infusion, which collects in a chamber.1883, A Cup of Coffee, London, page 79:
- As he poured water into the coffeemaker, Ben watched several deer grazing ... While the coffeemaker gurgled, Ben remained entranced by the deer.2005, Bill Schneider, Second Chapter: