MAYDAY

Mayday

(noun) an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m’aider)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

mayday (plural maydays)

An international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 November 2024

POPULATED

(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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