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.
DRAGNET
trawl, dragnet, trawl net
(noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
dragnet
(noun) a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); “caught in the police dragnet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dragnet (plural dragnets)
(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
(law enforcement) Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
Verb
dragnet (third-person singular simple present dragnets, present participle dragnetting, simple past and past participle dragnetted)
(fishing) To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
(law enforcement) To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Drag"net`, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. drægnet.]
Definition: A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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