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.
DICTIONARY
dictionary, lexicon
(noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dictionary (plural dictionaries)
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meaning, and sometimes containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, translations, and other data.
Synonym: wordbook
(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
(by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g, biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
(computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.
Hyponym: hash table
Verb
dictionary (third-person singular simple present dictionaries, present participle dictionarying, simple past and past participle dictionaried)
(transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
(transitive) To add to a dictionary.
(intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
Anagrams
• indicatory
Etymology
Proper noun
Dictionary
Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
Anagrams
• indicatory
Source: Wiktionary
Dic"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Dictionaries. Etym: [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See Diction.]
1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook. I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. Johnson.
2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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