The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OPACIFY
opacify
(verb) become opaque; “the tissue in the eye’s cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind”
opacify
(verb) make opaque; “The glass was opacified more greater privacy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
opacify (third-person singular simple present opacifies, present participle opacifying, simple past and past participle opacified)
(transitive) To make opaque.
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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