dryad, wood nymph
(noun) a deity or nymph of the woods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dryad (plural dryads)
(Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.
Coordinate term: Meliai
Hyponyms: Daphne, hamadryad
• dardy
Source: Wiktionary
Dry"ad, n. Etym: [L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. Tree.] (Class. Myth.)
Definition: A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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.
