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.
BASCULE
bascule
(noun) a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bascule (plural bascules)
a counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers
(firearms)Â The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.
Anagrams
• Caubles, Cebulas, bacules
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"cule, n. Etym: [F., a seesaw.]
Definition: In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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