a U.S. federally mandated standard of average minimum miles-per-gallon fuel consumption for all the cars produced by an automobile manufacturer in a given year.
Origin of CAFE
C(orporate)A(verage)F(uel)E(conomy)
Words nearby CAFE
caespitose, caesura, Caetano, C.A.F., cafard, CAFE, café au lait, café-au-lait spot, café au lait spots, café brûlot, café car
Definition for CAFE (2 of 2)
café
or ca·fe
[ ka-fey, kuh- or, especially for 2, French ka-fey ]
/ kæˈfeɪ, kə- or, especially for 2, French kaˈfeɪ /
noun,pluralca·fés[ka-feyz, kuh- or, especially for 2, French ka-fey]. /kæˈfeɪz, kə- or, especially for 2, French kaˈfeɪ/.
a small, unpretentious restaurant, often with exterior seating on a patio or extending onto the sidewalk.
coffee: I pick up a café and a croissant on my commute in to work every morning.
Origin of café
First recorded in 1780–90; from French: literally, “coffee”; see origin at coffee
In summer, the tiny camp café hosts an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast every morning.
Travel Back in Time at Mesa Verde|Emily Pennington|September 27, 2020|Outside Online
Pre-pandemic, they were set to open a café inside, but as a permanent indoor restaurant no longer became viable, Hilton says that the parties agreed to imagine an environment in plein air to enjoy sips and bites overlooking the elegant Potomac.
A pop-up winery to pair with your pops|Evan Caplan|September 19, 2020|Washington Blade
The café reintroduces the idea that the landscape there belongs to the people.
A pop-up winery to pair with your pops|Evan Caplan|September 19, 2020|Washington Blade
Jennifer Windbeck, senior vice president and head of branches, cafés, and private banking at Capital One, says women no longer have to present as “male” to make it in the field.
The Best Workplaces for Women are expanding the turf for women in finance|lbelanger225|September 18, 2020|Fortune
We parents hung back on the sidewalk and happily waved them off before grabbing an obligatory coffee at the nearby café.
A flurry of M&A deals lifts global stocks. Yes, even tech stocks|Bernhard Warner|September 14, 2020|Fortune
As a cafe in Sydney, Australia came under siege by a hostage-taking gunman on Monday, those nearby attempted to flee the area.
In Defense of Uber’s Awful Sydney Surge Pricing|Olivia Nuzzi|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in October 2010, Palestinian security forces stormed into an Internet cafe and arrested me.
What It’s Like to Be an Atheist in Palestine|Waleed al-Husseini, Movements.Org|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In January, an attack on a Lebanese cafe popular with expats left 21 people dead.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At daybreak, they borrowed a small sum of money from a passing family, then called their families from an Internet cafe.
Abducted, Tortured, Indoctrinated: The Tale of a Teen Who Escaped ISIS|Yusuf Sayman|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the morning, join the intelligentsia at Cafe Pamplona, a European-style coffeehouse, also by Harvard Square.
The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take|Lonely Planet|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From your speech in the cafe I judge you do not love the English.'
Greenmantle|John Buchan
She now was proprietress of the road-house in the note described as Kessler's Cafe.
The Frame Up|Richard Harding Davis
He deposited his grips in a cafe he knew, and, a few minutes later, he stood in the doorway.
The Forged Note|Oscar Micheaux
Next to this 'porte-cochere' was a small 'cafe', whose brilliant lights would cause him to be seen quite plainly.
Conscience, Complete|Hector Malot
Toby had just stepped into the cafe, a tall man with a brown bulldog face and a scar on his left cheek.
Three Soldiers|John Dos Passos
British Dictionary definitions for CAFE
café
/ (ˈkæfeɪ, ˈkæfɪ) /
noun
a small or inexpensive restaurant or coffee bar, serving light meals and refreshments