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.
CENTRIFUGE
centrifuge, extractor, separator
(noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
centrifuge, centrifugate
(verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
centrifuge (plural centrifuges)
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Verb
centrifuge (third-person singular simple present centrifuges, present participle centrifuging, simple past and past participle centrifuged)
To rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents
Source: Wiktionary
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DITHER
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
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