The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INDESTRUCTIBLE
indestructible
(adjective) not easily destroyed
durable, indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable
(adjective) very long lasting; “less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys”; “the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
indestructible (not comparable)
Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
Synonyms: undestroyable, undestructable, unbreakable, unruinable, unwreckable
Antonyms
• destructible, destroyable, breakable, wreckable, ruinable, fragile (capable of being destroyed)
• inconstructible, improducible, unbuildable (incapable of being constructed)
Source: Wiktionary
In`de*struc"ti*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + destructible: cf. F. indestructible.]
Definition: Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed.
– In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n.
– In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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