Word of the Day, November 7, 2022

[ ] November 7, 2022 Word of the Day [serigraph]( [Discuss]( Definition: (noun) A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil. Synonyms: [silk screen print]( [silkscreen]( Usage: Nicole examined the dragonfly serigraph on the t-shirt to make sure the image had transferred clearly. Missing Idiom Contest The Free Dictionary has the largest collection of English idioms in the world. But we're always looking for more to add, and we want your help! Every so often we hear from users who have looked up an idiom on The Free Dictionary that it was not found in the database. Maybe it was some expression they heard at work, or some phrase they grew up hearing their grandmother say. If you know an idiom that isn't already defined on The Free Dictionary, [send it to us]( and you might win $150 USD. 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Who is believed to have invented the first vending machine and what did it dispense? [More...]( Daily Grammar Lesson Identifying Adverbial Complements [Discuss]( The best way to identify whether an adverbial element is a complement or not is to remove it from the sentence. If the sentence no longer makes sense or has a very different meaning, then what is the adverbial element is what? [More...]( This Day in History Construction of Canadian Pacific Railway Completed (1885) [Discuss]( The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was originally built between eastern Canada and British Columbia, fulfilling a promise made to British Columbia when it agreed to join the Canadian Confederation in 1871. The railway's transcontinental passenger service was instrumental in the settlement and development of Western Canada. Today, however, the CPR functions mainly as a freight railway and has US hubs, such as New York City and Chicago. What scandal disrupted the railway's construction in 1873? [More...]( Today's Birthday Leon Trotsky (1879) [Discuss]( Trotsky was a Russian Communist revolutionary whose ideas form the basis of Trotskyism, a Communist ideology based on the theory of worldwide revolution. He was a key figure in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and organized the Red Army in the civil war that followed. After a power struggle with Joseph Stalin in the 1920s, Trotsky was exiled from the USSR. In 1940, he was assassinated in Mexico by a Spanish Communist with alleged ties to Stalin. From whom did he borrow the name "Trotsky"? [More...]( Today's Holiday Revolution Day [Discuss]( Revolution Day commemorates the [October Revolution]( of 1917, when the [Bolsheviks]( overthrew the Russian government by seizing power in Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg, later named Leningrad, and renamed [St. Petersburg]( in 1991, after the collapse of the Communist Party). The coup took place on November 7 (October 25 on the Julian calendar) and through the years was celebrated as a national holiday marking the start of the Soviet regime. All this ended in 1991 with the Soviet Union's disintegration. [More...]( Quote of the Day [Discuss]( I will praise any man that will praise me. [William Shakespeare]( (1564-1616) Mobile apps from TheFreeDictionary.com [The Free Dictionary Classic Free App] The classic free version, downloaded more than 6 million times! - Multiple dictionaries, encyclopedias, and thesauruses in one place. - 14 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. - Online translations of English into more than 40 languages, plus dozens of other translation options. 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