In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
metabolism, metabolic process
(noun) the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
metamorphosis, metabolism
(noun) the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
metabolism (countable and uncountable, plural metabolisms)
(physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
Metabolism
A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.
Source: Wiktionary
Me*tab"o*lism, n. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.