As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
DEMINERALISE
demineralize, demineralise
(verb) remove the minerals or salts from; “demineralize water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
demineralise (third-person singular simple present demineralises, present participle demineralising, simple past and past participle demineralised)
Non-Oxford standard spelling of demineralize.
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
8 October 2024
HEMLOCK
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
Coffee Trivia
