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ESPRESSO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)