An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
THESAURUS
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(noun) a book containing a classified list of synonyms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)
A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
(archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
(information science) A hierarchy of subject headings — canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
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Source: Wiktionary
The*sau"rus, n.; pl. Thesauri. Etym: [L. See Treasure.]
Definition: A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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