According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
BESTEAD
Etymology 1
Verb
bestead (third-person singular simple present besteads, present participle besteading, simple past besteaded, past participle bestead)
(transitive) To help, assist.
(transitive) To profit; benefit; serve; avail.
Synonyms
• (help; assist): aid, lend a hand; See also help
• (profit; benefit; serve; avail): bestand; See also serve
Etymology 2
Verb
bestead (third-person singular simple present besteads, present participle besteading, simple past and past participle besteaded)
(transitive) To take the place of; replace.
Etymology 3
Adjective
bestead (not comparable)
(archaic) Placed (in a given situation); beset.
(obsolete) Disposed mentally; affected.
(obsolete) Provided; furnished.
Anagrams
• beasted, bed teas, bed-teas, debates
Source: Wiktionary
Be*stead", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested, also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.] Etym: [Pref. be- + stead a place.]
1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.
2. To put in peril; to beset.
Note: [Only in p. p.] Chaucer.
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 February 2025
BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Coffee Trivia
