ECOSPHERE

Etymology

Noun

ecosphere (plural ecospheres)

The portion of the atmosphere from sea-level to about 4000 meters in which it is possible to breathe without technological assistance.

the biosphere

Anagrams

• pre-echoes

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

18 May 2024

SUNLIT

(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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