In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
sop, sops
(noun) piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
SOPs
plural of SOP
• OPSS, PSOs, SPSO, poss, poss., psso
sops
plural of sop
sops
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sop
• OPSS, PSOs, SPSO, poss, poss., psso
Source: Wiktionary
Sop, n. Etym: [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.]
1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26. Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon. The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak.
2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange.
3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] P. Plowman. Sops in wine (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine. Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser.
– Sops of wine (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine.
Sop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sopping.]
Definition: To steep or dip in any liquid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.