INBOX

Etymology

Noun

inbox (plural inboxes)

A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.

(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose.

(figuratively) The aggregate of items that demand one's attention or effort.

Synonyms

• (container for papers to be dealt with): in-basket, in-tray

Verb

inbox (third-person singular simple present inboxes, present participle inboxing, simple past and past participle inboxed)

(transitive) To put (something) in someone's inbox.

(transitive) To communicate with (a person) by writing to their electronic inbox.

Synonyms

• message

Anagrams

• box in

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




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21 February 2025

RESTORATION

(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”


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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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