exception, exclusion, elision
(noun) a deliberate act of omission; “with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news”
elision
(noun) omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
elision (plural elisions)
The deliberate omission of something.
(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
• isoline, lionise
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
