In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Pyrex
(noun) a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
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pyrex (uncountable)
A kind of heat-resistant glass.
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First manufactured by the Corning Glassware Factory in 1915.
Pyrex (uncountable)
A borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
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27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.