The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
slaty, slate-gray, slaty-grey, slaty-gray, slate-grey, slatey, stone-grey, stone-gray
(adjective) of the color of slate or granite; “the slaty sky of dawn”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slatier
comparative form of slaty
• A-lister, Altiers, Lasiter, Raelist, airtels, railest, realist, retails, saltier, saltire, tailers
Source: Wiktionary
Slat"y, a. Etym: [From Slate.]
Definition: Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture. Slaty cleavage (Min.), cleavage, as of rocks, into thin leaves or plates, like those of slate; -- applied especially to those cases in which the planes of cleavage are not parallel to the planes of stratification. It is now believed to be caused by the compression which the strata have undergone.
– Slaty gneiss (Min.), a variety of gneiss in which the scales of mica or crystals of hornblende, which are usually minute, form thin laminæ, rendering the rock easily cleavable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.