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.
CLOSETED
Etymology 1
Adjective
closeted (comparative more closeted, superlative most closeted)
(informal) Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
(by extension) Not open about some aspect of one's identity, tendency or fondness; secret.
Synonyms
• (not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity): in the closet
Etymology 2
Verb
closeted
simple past tense and past participle of closet
Adjective
closeted (not comparable)
Confined.
Sheltered, protected
Synonyms
• (confined): confined, holed up
Source: Wiktionary
CLOSET
Clos"et, n. Etym: [OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. See Close an inclosure.]
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6.
2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden. Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall.
Clos"et, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. & vb. n. Closeting.]
1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.] Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. Cowper.
2. To make into a closet for a secret interview. He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. Bancroft. He had been closeted with De Quadra. Froude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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