YELLOWCAKE

yellowcake

(noun) an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

yellowcake (countable and uncountable, plural yellowcakes)

A concentrated form of uranium ore containing a mixture of oxides.

Synonym: urania

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 February 2025

CURE

(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”


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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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