DOWNBOUND

downbound

(adjective) heading in any direction that is conventionally down; “a downbound channel”; “the downbound train”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

downbound (not comparable)

Moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level.

• year unknown, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings

Adverb

downbound (not comparable)

Moving down.

Source: Wiktionary



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26 June 2024

INCORPORATE

(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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