UPTURNED

retrousse, tip-tilted, upturned

(adjective) (used of noses) turned up at the end; “a retrousse nose”; “a small upturned nose”

overturned, upset, upturned

(adjective) having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; “an overturned car”; “the upset pitcher of milk”; “sat on an upturned bucket”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

upturned (comparative more upturned, superlative most upturned)

turned over; inverted; capsized

(of a nose etc.) turned up at the end

looking upwards, turned upwards

Anagrams

• turned up, underput

Source: Wiktionary


UPTURN

Up*turn", v. t.

Definition: To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. "A sea of upturned faces." D. Webster. So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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