MERCERISED

mercerized, mercerised

(adjective) of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye; “mercerized cotton”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

mercerised

simple past tense and past participle of mercerise

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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