Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
CREPE
crepe, crape
(noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
crape, crepe, French pancake
(noun) small very thin pancake
crepe, crepe paper
(noun) paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
crape, crepe
(verb) cover or drape with crape; “crape the mirror”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crepe (countable and uncountable, plural crepes)
A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
(Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.
Synonyms
• (fabric): crape
• (thin pancake): French pancake
• (rubber): crepe rubber
Verb
crepe (third-person singular simple present crepes, present participle creping, simple past and past participle creped)
(transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
(transitive) To frizz (the hair).
Anagrams
• CREEP, Perce, PercĂ©, creep, perce
Source: Wiktionary
CrĂŞpe (krp), n.
Definition: Same as Crape.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 April 2024
GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee Trivia
