# coffee shop

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A small café or restaurant typically selling light refreshments along with coffee-based drinks.
2. A café-like establishment selling marijuana in the Netherlands.
3. Synonym of kopitiam (“traditional eatery”).
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coffee, shop.

## Etymology
From coffee + shop.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coffee-shop