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"Cask" as for "coffin"
I'm wondering if the word "cask" in English can be used to mean "coffin".
I know it means barrel but can it be used to mean the thing someone is buried in or you see at a funeral?
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word similar to obfuscation, used for comedy
there is a word, or perhaps a type of comedy, where simple things are described using terms that are correct but needlessly complicated or absurd for various effects. I am reminded by comics from ...
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Low-variance time set or Low-varying time set
I have a time set like: {5 seconds, 5.1 seconds, 4.9 seconds ....} -> the time values do not change much (has low variance).
Can I define it as: Low-variance time set or Low-varying time set?
I mean,...
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Is using Answerer is correct? [closed]
If there is a position in a company that answers questions related to for example physics, what is the best word that describes this position?
"Answerer of Questions related to Physics" ?
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What are other words for a collection of beautiful things?
I am looking for a word or term for a collection of beautiful things. Of either intrinsic value or even along the lines of 'a whole that is made of a sum of valuable parts'. Not necessarily in any ...
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What does "Rabbit" mean on 1st of June
My english teacher told me, that is common in England to say "Rabbits" on the 1st of june.
What does it mean?
where does this tradition come from?
Does the people say it only on the 1st of June?
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Very unusual meaning of "abortion"
The following use of the word "abortion" got my attention. It is from Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, published in 1951. Here is the context:
"...Listen. I met a man on the Common today with ...
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"Enclosure" vs. "attachment"
If I understand it correctly, one usually uses the term enclosure when referring to extra documents to e.g. a letter. But what if these extra items are not other documents and papers?
Say I have ...
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