5 Everyday Things We Never Knew Had A Name

Aglet

An aglet or aiglet is a small sheath, often made of plastic or metal, used on each end of a shoelace, a cord, or a drawstring. An aglet keeps the fibres of the lace or cord from unravelling; its firmness and narrow profile make it easier to hold and easier to feed through eyelets, lugs, or other lacing guides.

Overmorrow

The day after tomorrow.

Barm

Barm is the foam formed on the top of a fermenting liquid, such as beer, wine, or feedstock for spirits or industrial ethanol distillation. It is used to leaven bread or set up fermentation in a new batch of liquor.

Box Tent

A Box Tent is an object used to prevent the top of a food container, such as a pizza box or cake box, from collapsing in at the centre and touching the food inside.

Petrichor

Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Ancient Greek πέτρα ‘rock’, or πέτρος ‘stone’, and ἰχώρ, the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.

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