CELLOPHANE

cellophane

(noun) a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cellophane (countable and uncountable, plural cellophanes)

Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.

Verb

cellophane (third-person singular simple present cellophanes, present participle cellophaning, simple past and past participle cellophaned)

(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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