Meaning & use
coffee morning
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UK/ˈkɒfi ˌmɔːnɪŋ/
US/ˈkɔːfi ˌmɔːrnɪŋ/
Meaning
nouncountableBritish
An informal gathering in the morning where people drink coffee and chat, often to raise money for a cause.
Grammar: Countable: hold a coffee morning, two coffee mornings.
Patterns
- hold a coffee morning
- a coffee morning for charity
The church hosts a coffee morning every Friday.
We raised two hundred pounds at the coffee morning.
She invited the new neighbors to a coffee morning.
Word forms
| plural | coffee mornings |
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Common combinations
- host a coffee morning
- They host a coffee morning for the hospice.
- charity coffee morning
- A charity coffee morning raised funds.
- attend a coffee morning
- Several parents attended the coffee morning.
- weekly coffee morning
- The library holds a weekly coffee morning.
Synonyms and how they differ
- coffee klatch
- Coffee klatch is American and describes a casual chat over coffee, usually with no fundraising.
- get-together
- Get-together is vaguer and may involve any food or time.
- tea party
- A tea party serves tea and is often in the afternoon.
Word family
Commonly confused: coffee morning or coffee break?
coffee morning vs coffee break
A coffee break is a short work pause, while a coffee morning is a social event.
Practice
What usually happens at a charity coffee morning?
Choose one answer.
A coffee morning is a social meeting often held to raise money. The other options do not match.
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