The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INSIDE
inside
(adjective) away from the outer edge; “the inside lane”
inside
(adjective) being or applying to the inside of a building; “an inside wall”
inside
(adjective) relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; “he reached into his inside jacket pocket”; “inside out”; “an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter”
inside, inner, privileged
(adjective) confined to an exclusive group; “privy to inner knowledge”; “inside information”; “privileged information”
inside, indoors
(adverb) within a building; “in winter we play inside”
inside, within
(adverb) on the inside; “inside, the car is a mess”
inwardly, inside
(adverb) with respect to private feelings; “inwardly, she was raging”
inside, interior
(noun) the inner or enclosed surface of something
inside, interior
(noun) the region that is inside of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inside (plural insides)
The interior or inner part.
The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
(colloquial) (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
(dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
Adjective
inside (comparative more inside, superlative most inside)
Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
(of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
Antonym: outside
(baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
Antonyms
• outside
Adverb
inside (comparative more inside, superlative most inside)
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
(colloquial) In or to prison.
Indoors.
Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
Preposition
inside
Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
Within a period of time.
Anagrams
• Indies, die-ins, in dies, indies
Source: Wiktionary
In"side`, prep. or adv.
Definition: Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
In"side`, a
1. Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration. Kissing with inside lip. Shak.
2. Adapted to the interior. Inside callipers (Mech.), callipers for measuring the diameters of holes, etc.
– Inside finish (Arch.), a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering.
– Inside track, the inner part of a race course; hence, colloquially, advantage of place, facilities, etc., in competition.
In"side`, n.
1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content. Looked he o' the inside of the paper Shak.
2. pl.
Definition: The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings. Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely. Massinger.
3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.] So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three insides. Anti-Jacobin. Patent insides or outside, a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local news.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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