Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CRORE
crore
(noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crore (plural crores)
(India) ten million; 10,000,000. Often used with units of money.
Usage notes
There seems to be no standard way of abbreviating crore. The Indian press uses Cr, cr, Cr. and cr. with apparent indifference. Most often it is not abbreviated at all.
Coordinate terms
• lakh
• â‚ą
Anagrams
• corer
Source: Wiktionary
Crore (krr), n. Etym: [Hind. karor, Skr. koTi.]
Definition: Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000). [East Indies] Malcolm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Coffee Trivia
