The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
desorb
(verb) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed; “the substance was desorbed”
desorb
(verb) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
desorb (third-person singular simple present desorbs, present participle desorbing, simple past and past participle desorbed)
(of a substance) To remove (or be removed) from a surface onto which it was adsorbed or through which it was absorbed
• Brodes, sorbed
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.