SPLASHDOWN

splashdown

(noun) a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

splashdown (plural splashdowns)

The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

18 November 2024

AWRY

(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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