Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich
(adjective) affording an abundant supply; “had ample food for the party”; “copious provisions”; “food is plentiful”; “a plenteous grape harvest”; “a rich supply”
ample
(adjective) more than enough in size or scope or capacity; “had ample food for the party”; “an ample supply”
ample, sizable, sizeable
(adjective) fairly large in size; “a sizable fortune”; “an ample waistline”; “of ample proportions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty
Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
Synonyms
• full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent
• See also ample
• (large): See also large
• (fully sufficient): See also abundant
Anagrams
• Maple, Palme, maple, pelma
Source: Wiktionary
Am"ple, a. Etym: [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double.]
Definition: Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.
2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Johnson.
Syn.
– Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent.
– Ample, Copious, Abundant, Plenteous. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. "Copious matter of my song." Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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