Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
APARTMENT
apartment, flat
(noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
apartment (plural apartments)
A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
(obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
(computing, COM) A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
Synonyms
• (domicile occupying part of a building): flat (UK); unit; (compare with) condominium
Source: Wiktionary
A*part"ment, n. Etym: [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart.]
1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding.
2. A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey.
3. A compartment. [Obs.] Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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