The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
liquefaction
(noun) the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
liquefaction (countable and uncountable, plural liquefactions)
Process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas)
The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.
Source: Wiktionary
Liq`ue*fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. See Liquefy.]
1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.
2. The state of being liquid.
3. (Chem. Physics)
Definition: The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.