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.
BOUT
bust, tear, binge, bout
(noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; “they went on a bust that lasted three days”
bout
(noun) a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
bout
(noun) a period of illness; “a bout of fever”; “a bout of depression”
turn, bout, round
(noun) (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
bout (plural bouts)
A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.
(boxing) A boxing match.
(fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
(roller derby) A roller derby match.
A fighting competition.
(music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
(dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
Verb
bout (third-person singular simple present bouts, present participle bouting, simple past and past participle bouted)
To contest a bout.
Etymology 2
Preposition
bout
(colloquial) Aphetic form of about
Source: Wiktionary
Bout, n. Etym: [A different spelling and application of bought bend.]
1. As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round. In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. Milton. The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. Goldsmith.
2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout. The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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