ablate
(verb) wear away through erosion or vaporization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ablate (third-person singular simple present ablates, present participle ablating, simple past and past participle ablated)
(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. [Late 15th century.]
(intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. [Mid 20th century.]
• Labate, tabela, tablea
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
