rearguard
(noun) a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rearguard (plural rearguards)
(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.
(soccer) The defence, collectively the defenders.
• Usually used attributively.
• vanguard
• (rearmost part of a troop): backstop
Source: Wiktionary
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
