According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
LIGAMENT
ligament
(noun) any connection or unifying bond
ligament
(noun) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ligament (plural ligaments)
(anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
(figurative) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
• Paraphrase of Daniel Webster, from his oration on Justice Joseph Story
Anagrams
• tegminal
Source: Wiktionary
Lig"a*ment, n. Etym: [L. ligamentum, fr. ligare to bind; cf. f. ligament. Cf. Lien, n., Ligature.]
1. Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond. Hawthorne. Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts. Washington.
2. (Anat.) (a) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints. (b) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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