In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
octahedron
(noun) any polyhedron having eight plane faces
Source: WordNet® 3.1
octahedron (plural octahedra or octahedrons)
(geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc`ta*he"dron, n. Etym: [Gr. (Geom.)
Definition: A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.