There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
ENCUMBERED
encumbered
(adjective) loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; “a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels”- A.J.Liebling; “a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack”; “an encumbered estate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
encumbered (comparative more encumbered, superlative most encumbered)
Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
Antonyms
• unencumbered
Verb
encumbered
simple past tense and past participle of encumber
Source: Wiktionary
ENCUMBER
En*cum"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Encumbering.] Etym: [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber.] [Written also incumber.]
1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.
2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
Syn.
– To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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