Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
FORESHORTEN
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; “The manuscript must be shortened”
foreshorten
(verb) shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
foreshorten (third-person singular simple present foreshortens, present participle foreshortening, simple past and past participle foreshortened)
To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.
Etymology 2
Verb
foreshorten (third-person singular simple present foreshortens, present participle foreshortening, simple past and past participle foreshortened)
To abridge, reduce, contract.
Synonym: Thesaurus:diminish
To make shorter.
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*short"en, v. t.
1. (Fine Art)
Definition: To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination. Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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4 February 2025
DISKETTE
(noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; “floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price”
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