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Words coined from body parts



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cullet PRONUNCIATION: (KUHL-it)

MEANING: noun: Scrap glass suitable for remelting.

ETYMOLOGY: From French collet, diminutive of col (neck), from Latin collum (neck), apparently referring to a bottle's neck. Earliest documented use: 1817.

USAGE: "The resulting cullet is purchased by Owens Corning and remanufactured into fiberglass used in home insulation."

Melissa Treolo; New Metro-Wide Glass Recycling Venture Finds Success; Basehor Sentinel (Kansas); Mar 11, 2010.

See more usage examples of cullet in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. -Hector Berlioz, composer (1803-1869)





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