According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
ROOKERY
rookery
(noun) a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rookery (plural rookeries)
A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
A crowded tenement.
(British) A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.
Source: Wiktionary
Rook"er*y, n.; pl. Rookeries (.
1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves. Tennyson.
2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
5. A brothel. [Low]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
Coffee Trivia
