According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SPOKESHAVE
spokeshave
(noun) a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
spokeshave (plural spokeshaves)
A woodworking tool used to shape and smooth rods and shafts - often for use as wheel spokes, chair legs or arrows.
Verb
spokeshave (third-person singular simple present spokeshaves, present participle spokeshaving, simple past and past participle spokeshaved)
(transitive) To shape or smooth with a spokeshave.
Source: Wiktionary
Spoke"shave`, n.
Definition: A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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