- How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina?
5 In colonial times it was thought that prostitutes spread veneral diseases through contact with their pubic area, so the women were made "bald" in that area for health reasons However, their clients did not like that look and business began to suffer Therefore, pubic wigs, called merkins, were manufactured for the prostitutes
- What do you call the empty arid zones on both sides of a highway?
For example: salt flats, desert, cactus patch, red rock mesas, etc If you mean the strip of land immediately adjacent to a road, often covered in gravel, this is known as the shoulder of the road This area is typically used for stopping at roadside, or for the passage of emergency vehicles
- What is the place in the office people grab coffee and snack?
It is not necessarily a room but can be small area in the office, has a coffee maker, fridge, microwave, sink and cabinets holding seasoning, paper towels and utensils Sometimes there is a vender
- Is there a more fancy name for a kitchen hole?
Does English have a specific word for a hole between the kitchen and the living room that is used to get food directly to the dining table? German has the nice Durchreiche, which approximately
- Whats another way to say problem area? - English Language Usage . . .
What @TrevorD said If "areas" is an important word here I think it needs to be retained That's to say if the purpose of the memory audits is to identify areas where [multiple] problems occur, I don't see how OP's original can be improved on If it's actually supposed to identify individual problems, just discard that pointless extra word
- word meaning - Is it called a residential area or residential location . . .
The important word here is "living" You live in an area, whereas something exists or happens at a location This is a nice location for a high-rise apartment building, overlooking the park, and the area has many shops and small restaurants
- meaning - Difference between court and pitch - English Language . . .
Oxford Living dictionaries defines "pitch" as "An area of ground marked out or used for play in an outdoor team game " and mentions it is a British usage A definition of "court" is "A quadrangular area, either open or covered, marked out for ball games such as tennis or squash " So a "pitch" is outdoors and for team games in BrE In AmE, we would typically call that a "field" A court can be
- What is the difference between “area”, “zone”, and “site”?
An excellent question, which I can't do justice to but will comment: an area can be any size, a zone is a 'very special' area (it's a less common word too) and a site is also a synonym of location, so more specific and towards the point-like
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