WHITNEY

Whitney, Mount Whitney

(noun) the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)

Whitney, Eli Whitney

(noun) United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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