The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
BASTER
baster
(noun) a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
baster, tacker
(noun) a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
baster
(noun) a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
baster (plural basters)
One who bastes.
A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
Anagrams
• Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers
Etymology
Noun
Baster (plural Basters)
A member of an ethnic group comprising the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They live largely in Namibia, in and around the town of Rehoboth.
Synonyms
• Rehobother
Anagrams
• Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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