Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DESCRIPTION
description
(noun) sort or variety; “every description of book was there”
description, verbal description
(noun) a statement that represents something in words
description
(noun) the act of describing something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
(linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms
• (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety
Anagrams
• discerption, predictions
Source: Wiktionary
De*scrip"tion, n. Etym: [F. description, L. descriptio. See Describe.]
1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. Milton has descriptions of morning. D. Webster.
3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort. A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. A. Hamilton. The plates were all of the meanest description. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See Definition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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