HOMESTAY

Etymology

Noun

homestay (plural homestays)

A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.

A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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Coffee Trivia

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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