In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SKYBOX
skybox
(noun) an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
skybox (plural skyboxes)
A seating area for VIPs in a stadium.
(video games, computer graphics) A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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