Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
aerator
(noun) an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aerator (plural aerators)
A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid.
A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.
Source: Wiktionary
A"ër*a`tor, n.
Definition: That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.