The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
scale, descale
(verb) remove the scales from; “scale fish”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
descale (third-person singular simple present descales, present participle descaling, simple past and past participle descaled)
To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
To remove the scales from a fish etc.
Synonym: scale
• seedlac
Source: Wiktionary
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.