The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
LOCATED
located, placed, set, situated
(adjective) situated in a particular spot or position; “valuable centrally located urban land”; “strategically placed artillery”; “a house set on a hilltop”; “nicely situated on a quiet riverbank”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
located
simple past tense and past participle of locate
Source: Wiktionary
LOCATE
Lo"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located; p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.] Etym: [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local.]
1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. B. F. Westcott.
2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.
Lo"cate, v. i.
Definition: To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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