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.
CORRODING
corrosion, corroding, erosion
(noun) erosion by chemical action
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
corroding
present participle of corrode
Noun
corroding (plural corrodings)
corrosion
Source: Wiktionary
CORRODE
Cor*rode" (kr-rd") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding.] Etym: [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]
1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green- blue solution. Boyle.
2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Cor*rode", v. i.
Definition: To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.
Syn.
– To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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