CURTAILMENT

retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing

(noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

suppression, curtailment

(noun) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; “a suppression of the newspaper”

curtailment

(noun) the temporal property of being cut short

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

curtailment (plural curtailments)

The act of curtailing

Source: Wiktionary


Cur*tail"ment (kr-tl"ment), n.

Definition: The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 April 2025

SALAD

(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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