The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge
(noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water; “baptized with a sprinkling of holy water”; “a sparge of warm water over the malt”
sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle
(verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly; “Sprinkle the lawn”
sparge
(verb) agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; “sparge the water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sparge (third-person singular simple present sparges, present participle sparging, simple past and past participle sparged)
To sprinkle or spray.
(transitive) To introduce bubbles into (a liquid).
sparge (plural sparges)
(brewing) synonym of lautering
• Gasper, gapers, gasper, grapes, pagers, parges
Source: Wiktionary
Sparge, v. t. Etym: [L. spargere; cf. F. asperger.]
Definition: To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.