Cavendish, Henry Cavendish
(noun) British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Cavendish
A surname.
Cavendish (countable and uncountable, plural Cavendishes)
(countable) A Cavendish banana.
(uncountable) Alternative form of cavendish (“type of tobacco”)
Possibly from the name of the original manufacturer.
cavendish (uncountable)
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
Source: Wiktionary
Cav"en*dish, n.
Definition: Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
