thriller
(noun) a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thriller (plural thrillers)
Something that thrills.
(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel
• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction
• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction
Source: Wiktionary
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
