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My dad had always been a big decaf coffee drinker. But my mom had always been more of a tea drinker. So I grew up around a lot of tea. And I also really love tea. But I'm not one of those people who has ever felt the need to choose between coffee and tea. I think that is a completely false dichotomy.
Chelsea Clinton

Meaning of "decaf" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECAF

decaf  [ˈdiːkæf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECAF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decaf can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DECAF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decaffeination

Decaffeination is the act of removing caffeine from coffee beans, cocoa, tea leaves and other caffeine-containing materials. Despite removal of most caffeine, many decaffeinated drinks still have around 1–2% of the original caffeine remaining in them, and research has found that certain decaffeinated coffee drinks can contain around 20% of the original caffeine. In the case of coffee, various methods can be used. The process is usually performed on unroasted beans, and starts with steaming of the beans. They are then rinsed with a solvent that extracts the caffeine while leaving the other essential chemicals in the coffee beans. The process is repeated anywhere from 8 to 12 times until it meets either the international standard of having removed 97% of the caffeine in the beans or the EU standard of having the beans 99.9% caffeine-free by mass. Coffee contains over 400 chemicals important to the taste and aroma of the final drink: It is, therefore, challenging to remove only caffeine while leaving the other chemicals at their original concentrations. Coffea arabica normally contains about half the caffeine of Coffea robusta.

Definition of decaf in the English dictionary

The definition of decaf in the dictionary is decaffeinated coffee. Other definition of decaf is decaffeinated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECAF


bathyscaph
ˈbæθɪˌskæf
caff
kæf
caph
kæf
decaff
ˈdiːkæf
kaf
kæf
scaff
skæf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECAF

decachord
decad
decadal
decade
decadence
decadency
decadent
decadently
decaff
decaffeinate
decaffeinated
decagon
decagonal
decagonally
decagram
decagramme
decagynian
decagynous
decahedral
decahedron

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECAF

af
ashraf
Carl XVI Gustaf
deaf
gold leaf
Graf
haaf
leaf
loaf
loose-leaf
Maple Leaf
meat loaf
Musharraf
oaf
overleaf
Piaf
pilaf
tea leaf
the Maple Leaf
tobacco leaf

Synonyms and antonyms of decaf in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decaf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECAF

Find out the translation of decaf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decaf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decaf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

咖啡因
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

descafeinado
570 millions of speakers

English

decaf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डिकैफ़िनेटेड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قهوة منزوعة الكافيين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кофе без кофеина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

descafeinado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decaf
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

café décaféiné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Decaf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entkoffeinierter Kaffee
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カフェイン抜きの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

디카 페인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decaf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

caffein
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decaf
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिकॅफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kafeinsiz kahve
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decaffeinato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezkofeinowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кави без кофеїну
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decofeinizată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

decaf
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kafeïenvry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

koffeinfria
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

koffeinfri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decaf

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECAF»

The term «decaf» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.598 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECAF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decaf

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2 QUOTES WITH «DECAF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word decaf.
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Chelsea Clinton
My dad had always been a big decaf coffee drinker. But my mom had always been more of a tea drinker. So I grew up around a lot of tea. And I also really love tea. But I'm not one of those people who has ever felt the need to choose between coffee and tea. I think that is a completely false dichotomy.
2
Virginia Postrel
Average Americans order nonfat decaf iced vanilla lattes at Starbucks and choose from 1,500 drawer pulls at The Great Indoors. Amazon gives every town a bookstore with 2 million titles, while Netflix promises 35,000 different movies on DVD. Choice is everywhere - liberating to some, but to others, a new source of stress.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECAF»

Discover the use of decaf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decaf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Decaf Diet: Is Caffeine Making You Fat?
Eugene Wells explains how caffeine contributes to weight gain, and provides a practical guide for reducing caffeine's fattening effects.
Eugene Wells, 2010
2
The Triple-Soy Decaf-Latte Era: How Business and ...
With a short but compelling set of distinctions about our habitual understanding of business and how that understanding is being turned inside out, this work invites you to reconsider the very nature of your organization, and your role as a ...
Alpesh M. Bhatt, Brent Robertson, 2011
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His Grace Is Sufficient But Decaf Is Not
There is absolutely no substitute for the high-octane surge of God’s full-on grace.
Sandra D. Bricker, Loree Lough, Trish Perry, 2011
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Vegetarian Times
And what about decaf? Should I try switching, or is decaf merely the padietic refuge of recovering real-coffee junkies? Image problems aside, switching to decaf isn't the obvious solution it might appear. Although many researchers say that ...
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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation: Second International Workshop, ...
DECAF provides the necessary architectural services of a large-grained intelligent agent: communication, planning, scheduling, execution monitoring, and coordination. This is essentially, the internal “operating system” of a software agent, ...
Scott Moss, Paul Davidsson, 2001
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Intelligent Agents VI. Agent Theories, Architectures, and ...
Another new feature of the DECAF toolkit is that the relationships between agent actions are very easy to specify using the Plan Editor. Temporal and logical relationships are defined graphically. (Currently, the only temporal relationship is a ...
Nick Jennings, Yves Lesperance, 2000
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Modern Multidimensional Scaling: Theory and Applications
d1e1 ® _ decaf Pepsi decaf I. However, any rc : ru + cl with a c Z min,-ri will be a feasible in. The reason is that adding a constant does not change (23.18), ;e r is premultiplied by J and the nonnegativity constraints will be ad. Therefore, we ...
I. Borg, P. J. F. Groenen, 2007
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Cooperative Information Agents V: 5th International ...
... both make their findings widely available, yet retain control over the data; new types of analysis and sources of data are appearing constantly. We have used DECAF, a multi-agent system toolkit based on RETSINA [21,10,7]: and TAEMS [9  ...
Matthias Klusch, Franco Zambonelli, 2001
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Chromatography in Food Science and Technology
R&G 0.09 0.06 0.03** 15 Decaf. R&G 0.10 0.05 0.05** 16 Decaf, green 0.11 0.04 0.07** 17 Decaf, green 0.07 0.05 0.02 18 Decaf, green 0.09 0.05 0.04** 19 Decaf , green 0.08 0.04 0.04** 20 Decaf, green 0.07 0.04 0.03** Cheddar Mi i i ,s !
Tibor Cserhati, Esther Forgacs, 1999
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How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie ...
A television program that seemingly had nothing more interesting to report on a slow news day decided to see whether an order of decaf coffee at New York restaurants actually produced the desired decaf cup. A team of spying reporters ...
Milton Parker, Allyn Freeman, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECAF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decaf is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dining review: Onefold a tasty spot for eclectic breakfast, lunch
I'm normally a decaf drinker — a stunning admission for a newspaper reporter, I know — and this stuff had me wired until noon. Onefold is a ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
2
TASTE: Coffee talk
I had already had my morning caffeine, so asked for cup of decaf. With something of an apology I was told they could only make me a decaf ... «Sierra Vista Herald, Jul 15»
3
Will Starbucks Customers Accept a Price Hike?
My usual grande soy decaf cinnamon dolce latte (yes, I know that is silly) costs one price near my house in the Hartford, CT area and a much ... «Investopedia, Jul 15»
4
Dunkin' Donuts Announces Plans for 51 New Restaurants In Virginia …
Dunkin' Donuts is a market leader in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin categories. Dunkin' Donuts has ... «Franchising.com, Jul 15»
5
Why You Should Encourage Your Team to Take Even Decaf Coffee …
Coffee breaks have gone out of fashion in some offices. Many employers, obsessed with productivity, don't see the benefits of letting ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
6
Bear of the Day: Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR) - Bear of the Day
Until these EPS estimates trade the decaf for espresso and stop going down the mountain, investors may want to find a different brew for ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Summer Brings New Fruit Smoothies To Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts is a market leader in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin categories. Dunkin' Donuts has ... «Franchising.com, Jul 15»
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3 Non-Alcoholic Beers You'll Actually Want to Drink
Is decaf coffee really coffee? Is gluten-free bread really bread? Is non-alcoholic beer really beer? Yes, yes and yes. Non-alcoholic beers get a ... «Eater, Jul 15»
9
Kick Your Caffeine Habit in Just Five Easy Steps
If you're addicted to your morning coffee, try tricking your brain by ordering a decaf at your local Starbucks instead of your usual iced coffee with ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
7 Healthy Perks of Coffee
... those who drank three cups a day (regular or decaf) were about 25 ... increasingly linking consumption of both regular and decaf coffee to a ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»

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