GREASEPROOF

greaseproof

(adjective) resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; “greaseproof wrapping paper”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

greaseproof (comparative more greaseproof, superlative most greaseproof)

Resistant to grease.

Verb

greaseproof (third-person singular simple present greaseproofs, present participle greaseproofing, simple past and past participle greaseproofed)

(transitive) To make resistant to grease.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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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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