gymnasium, gym
(noun) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)
(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
(historical) A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.
• (large room or building for indoor sports): gym
• (type of secondary school): prep school, college prep school
Source: Wiktionary
Gym*na"si*um n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums, L. Gymnasia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.
2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. Hallam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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.
