According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
CHILDPROOF
childproof, child-proof
(verb) make safe against children; “childproof the apartment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
childproof (comparative more childproof, superlative most childproof)
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
Verb
childproof (third-person singular simple present childproofs, present participle childproofing, simple past and past participle childproofed)
To make something childproof.
I debated childproofing my house, but decided against, on the basis that any scars or burns would serve as object lessons in restraint.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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