EXTRADOSES

Noun

extradoses

plural of extrados

Source: Wiktionary


EXTRADOS

Ex*tra"dos, n. Etym: [F.; pref. extra outside + dos (L. dorsum) the back.] (Arch.)

Definition: The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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