repulsion, standoff
(noun) the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
draw, standoff, tie
(noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; “the game ended in a draw”; “their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
standoff (plural standoffs)
A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists (see stand off and verb below).
standoff (third-person singular simple present stands off, present participle standing off, simple past and past participle stood off)
Nonstandard spelling of stand off.
• For many English verb-particle idioms, including stand off, the plain form is sometimes written solid (in this case, as standoff). However, this is not usually considered correct, and generally does not occur in the other verb forms (such as standing off).
• offstand
Source: Wiktionary
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
