In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GROUNDMASS
groundmass
(noun) (geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded
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Etymology
Noun
groundmass (plural groundmasses)
(geology) The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded.
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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