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.
CLEANSING
cleansing, purifying
(adjective) acting like an antiseptic
ablutionary, cleansing
(adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; “ablutionary rituals”
cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
(noun) the act of making something clean; “he gave his shoes a good cleaning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
cleansing (comparative more cleansing, superlative most cleansing)
That cleanses.
Synonyms
• detergent (uncommon); smectic (rare)
Noun
cleansing (countable and uncountable, plural cleansings)
The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
Verb
cleansing
present participle of cleanse
Anagrams
• cleanings, enscaling
Source: Wiktionary
CLEANSE
Cleanse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] Etym: [AS. clænsian, fr. clæne clean. See Clean.]
Definition: To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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