detriment, hurt
(noun) a damage or loss
Source: WordNet® 3.1
detriment (countable and uncountable, plural detriments)
Harm, hurt, damage.
(UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
• Often used in the form "to someone's detriment".
• harm
• hurt
• illfare
• damage
• expense
• benefit
detriment (third-person singular simple present detriments, present participle detrimenting, simple past and past participle detrimented)
(transitive, mostly, obsolete) To be detrimental to; to harm or mar.
Source: Wiktionary
Det"ri*ment, n. Etym: [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. détriment. See Trite.]
1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc. I can repair That detriment, if such it be. Milton.
2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [Eng.]
Syn.
– Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm.
Det"ri*ment, v. t.
Definition: To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic] Other might be determined thereby. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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.
