Word of the Day
Apr. 23rd, 2011 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mathhobbitSubstrate
I thought this meant "An underlying layer; a substratum" as in "When eating dried cranberries, steel cut oats are as good a substrate as rolled oats." This meaning seems to be fading out, to be replaced by many more specialized meanings based on the original.
I thought this meant "An underlying layer; a substratum" as in "When eating dried cranberries, steel cut oats are as good a substrate as rolled oats." This meaning seems to be fading out, to be replaced by many more specialized meanings based on the original.
