There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
CONFINED
confined
(adjective) not free to move about
captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed
(adjective) being in captivity
confined
(adjective) not invading healthy tissue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
confined
simple past tense and past participle of confine
Adjective
confined (comparative more confined, superlative most confined)
Not free to move.
Limited; narrow; restricted.
In childbed.
Source: Wiktionary
CONFINE
Con*fine", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confined; p.pr. & vb.n. Confining.] Etym: [F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See Final, Finish.]
Definition: To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! Shak. He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme. Dryden. To be confined, to be in childbed.
Syn.
– To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict.
Con"fine or
Definition: (v. i. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with. [Obs.] Where your g;oomy bounds Confine with heaven. Milton. Beywixt hezven and earth and skies there stands a place. Confuining on all three. Dryden.
Con"fine, n.
1. Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural. Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea. Locke. And now in little space The confines met of emryrean heaven, And of this world. Milton. On the confines of the city and the Temple. Macaulay.
2. Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.] Confines, wards, and dungeons. Shak. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
26 November 2024
TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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