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# cafe

noun (cafe, cafes; also café, cafés)

«cafe» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cafe is a small restaurant where people buy drinks like tea, coffee and juice and simple meals like sandwiches and cakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#m1)
2. An internet cafe is a place where people pay to use computers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: a place where food and drinks are bought; prices, customers, tables and items sold carry the numbers. Everyday life: families meet at a cafe, buy a snack, pay at the counter. In stories: a meeting place in town. Phrases: at the cafe, go to a cafe, a cafe table, a beach cafe, a school cafe.

### Examples

- A cup of tea at the cafe costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x1)
- The cafe sold 60 cakes today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x2)
- There are 12 tables in the cafe with 4 chairs each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x3)
- How much did they spend at the cafe? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x4)
- We had hot chocolate at the cafe after swimming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x5)
- The cafe on the corner opens early. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x6)
- Mum bought me a muffin at the cafe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x7)
- The beach cafe sells ice cream in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x8)
- Here a sea of light streamed forth from the gas-flames of the lamps, the shops and the cafes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/#x9)

### Note

Also written «café» with an accent (from French). Plural «cafes». Say «ka-FAY». Do not mix up with «cafeteria», a self-service dining room in a school or office. A place of the story; money and counted things around it carry the numbers. No clue by itself.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cafe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cafe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cafe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cafe.html) on Mova free.