ca·fé /ˈkæfeɪ $ kæˈfeɪ, kə-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ; Origin: 'coffee, café' , from Turkish kahve ; ⇨ ↑ coffee ]
1 . a small restaurant where you can buy drinks and simple meals
2 . Internet café/cybercafé a public place where you can pay to use the Internet and buy drinks etc
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1 )
■ types of café
▪ an outdoor café
The central square was full of outdoor cafés.
▪ a pavement café British English , a sidewalk café American English (=with tables and chairs on the pavement outside)
We had a lunch at a pavement café in Montmartre.
▪ a motorway café British English (=a café beside a motorway)
They stopped at a motorway café.
▪ a transport café British English (=a cheap café beside a main road, mainly for lorry drivers)
Many transport cafés serve great breakfasts.
▪ a roadside café (=a café beside a road)
She was a waitress at a roadside café.
■ verbs
▪ run a café (=be in charge of a café)
His father ran a café in Lerwick.