According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
fringy, marginal
(adjective) at or constituting a border or edge; “the marginal strip of beach”
borderline, marginal
(adjective) of questionable or minimal quality; “borderline grades”; “marginal writing ability”
marginal
(adjective) producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; “marginal industries”
marginal, bare(a)
(adjective) just barely adequate or within a lower limit; “a bare majority”; “a marginal victory”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marginal (not generally comparable, comparative more marginal, superlative most marginal)
(uncomparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
(geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
(comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
(of land) Barely productive.
(politics, chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
(economics, uncomparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
marginal (plural marginals)
Something that is marginal.
(politics) A constituency won with a small margin.
• alarming
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"gin*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. marginal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a margin.
2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.