The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
AMALGAM
amalgam
(noun) a combination or blend of diverse things; “his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas”
amalgam, dental amalgam
(noun) an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
A combination of different things.
One of the ingredients in an alloy.
Synonyms
• alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture
Verb
amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
Anagrams
• malagma
Source: Wiktionary
A*mal"gam, n. Etym: [F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr.
1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
Note: Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.
2. A mixture or compound of different things.
3. (Min.)
Definition: A native compound of mercury and silver.
A*mal"gam, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. amalgamer]
Definition: To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 April 2024
GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee Trivia
