According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
HARDPAN
caliche, hardpan
(noun) crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hardpan (countable and uncountable, plural hardpans)
A distinct layer of soil that is largely impervious to water.
synonym of dry lake.
Synonyms
• pan
Anagrams
• Pradhan, pradhan
Source: Wiktionary
Hard"pan`, n.
Definition: The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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