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coffeemaker

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noun/ˈkɑ.fiˌmeɪk.ɚ/
  1. 1

    A person who makes coffee.

    • Upholsterer, Letter-Carrier, Foreign-Post, Coffee-maker, of each one.
    • 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.
  2. 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.
    • As he poured water into the coffeemaker, Ben watched several deer grazing ... While the coffeemaker gurgled, Ben remained entranced by the deer.

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