perc1
/pəːk/(also perk) informal
noun
A coffee percolator.
Origin
1930s. Shortened from percolator. Compare earlier perk.
perc2
/pəːk/(also perk) US informal (originally slang )
noun
Coffee made in a percolator.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in American Speech. Shortened from percolated. Compare earlier perk and perc.
perc3
/pəːk/informal (chiefly North American )
noun
Perchloroethylene, especially as used as a dry-cleaning fluid.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The New York Times. Shortened from perchloroethylene.
- postal station
- postal telegraph
- postal trade
- postal tube
- postal union
- post-alveolar
- postal vote
- post-amble
- postament
- postanal
- post-and-beam
- post and pair
- post and rail
- post-and-rail tea
- postantennal
- post-apocalyptic
- post-apostolic
- post-Armistice
- post-article
- postarytenoid
- postauditory
- postauricular
- postaxial
- postaxially
- postbag