Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ARMOUR
armor, armour
(noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
armor, armour
(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat
armor, armour
(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
armor, armour
(verb) equip with armor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Armour (countable and uncountable, plural Armours)
A surname.
A small city, the county seat of Douglas County, South Dakota, United States.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Armour is the 4366th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8139 individuals. Armour is most common among White (60.35%) and Black/African American (33.36%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
armour (countable and uncountable, plural armours) (British spelling)
(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
Hyponyms: body armour, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour
(uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
Synonyms: carapace, chitin, horn
(uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
Synonym: armour plate
(countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
(military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
Synonyms: cavalry, mechanized
(hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
Verb
armour (third-person singular simple present armours, present participle armouring, simple past and past participle armoured) (British spelling)
(transitive) To equip something with armour or a protective coating or hardening.
(transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
Source: Wiktionary
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