Definition of Coffee substitute

1. Noun. A drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for it.

Specialized synonyms: Chicory, Chicory Root, Postum
Generic synonyms: Coffee, Java

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffee Substitute

coffee maker
coffee makers
coffee mill
coffee morning
coffee mug
coffee pot
coffee pots
coffee ring
coffee roll
coffee rose
coffee royal
coffee senna
coffee shop
coffee shops
coffee stall
coffee substitute (current term)
coffee table
coffee table book
coffee table books
coffee tables
coffee tree
coffee urn
coffeeberry
coffeecake
coffeecakes
coffeed out
coffeehouse
coffeehouses
coffeehousing
coffeeless

Literary usage of Coffee substitute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. All about Coffee by William Harrison Ukers (1922)
"The menace of the cere.il coffee-substitute evil had grown to such ... At one time there were nearly one hundred coffee-substitute concerns engaged in a ..."

2. Food Products: Their Souce, Chemistry, and Use by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey (1921)
"Drinkit, a cereal coffee substitute. Enzo, a milk product with vegetable fats. ... Malted nuts, a coffee substitute. Marcella Oil, a peanut oil for salads. ..."

3. The New York Medical Times (1896)
"... a coffee substitute. ... a species of palm, which had already been described as a coffee substitute by ..."

4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1857)
"31.98 11.53 Parsnips 21.70 6.98 Bouka (a coffee substitute) — 5.82 It thus ... The coffee substitute, "Bouka," falls into this class, and appears to be a ..."

5. Hearings Before the Committee ...: March 11-15, 17-22, 24, 1902 on the Pure by United States Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States 57th Congress, 1st session, 1901-1902. House. [from old catalog] (1902)
"Suppose the article they purchase as coffee is a coffee .substitute. Mr. MANN. ... At any rate, that is a coffee substitute. It contains no coffee. ..."

6. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"... Multivitamin additive (iron)—cosmetics coffee substitute/additive Tobacco substitute/additive coffee substitute/additive Industrial grade panax ginseng ..."

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