ESPRESSO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("espresso" is a kind of...):

coffee; java (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "espresso"):

caffe latte; latte (strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk)