NEWSREEL

newsreel

(noun) a short film and commentary about current events

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

newsreel (countable and uncountable, plural newsreels)

(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.

(uncountable) The genre of such films.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

20 May 2024

GLUED

(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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