alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum
(noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alarum (plural alarums)
(archaic) A danger signal or warning.
A call to arms.
alarum (third-person singular simple present alarums, present participle alaruming, simple past and past participle alarumed)
(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.
• Alarum is an old spelling of alarm (as a noun or a verb), which has stayed around as a deliberate archaism. Possibly it is retained because of its use in Shakespeare's plays.
• marula
Source: Wiktionary
A*lar"um, n. Etym: [OE. alarom, the same word as alarm, n.]
Definition: See Alarm. [Now Poetic]
Note: The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as in an alarm clock.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
