The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
DISCONTINUE
break, break off, discontinue, stop
(verb) prevent completion; “stop the project”; “break off the negotiations”
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
(verb) put an end to a state or an activity; “Quit teasing your little brother”
discontinue
(verb) come to or be at an end; “the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
discontinue (third-person singular simple present discontinues, present participle discontinuing, simple past and past participle discontinued)
To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
Synonyms
• terminate
• break off
Antonyms
• continue
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`con*tin"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuer.]
Definition: To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.
Dis`con*tin"ue, v. i.
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.
2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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