spondee
(noun) a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spondee (plural spondees)
(poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
• Pedones, depones
Source: Wiktionary
Spon"dee, n. Etym: [L. spondeus, Gr. spondée. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.)
Definition: A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
