The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PINEWOOD
Etymology
Noun
pinewood (countable and uncountable, plural pinewoods)
(uncountable) The wood of a pine
(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation
Synonyms
• (forest) pinery, pinetum
Etymology
Proper noun
Pinewood
(British) An English film and television studio complex in Buckinghamshire.
Source: Wiktionary
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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