The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TURBINATES
Noun
turbinates
plural of turbinate
Anagrams
• subnitrate, tribunates, tube trains
Source: Wiktionary
TURBINATE
Tur"bi*nate, v. i.
Definition: To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
Tur"bi*nate, Tur"bi*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, - inis, a whirl, top.]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: Turbinal.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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