Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ESTUARY
estuary
(noun) the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
estuary (plural estuaries)
Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
Anagrams
• Autreys, Teruyas
Proper noun
Estuary
(colloquial) Estuary English
Anagrams
• Autreys, Teruyas
Source: Wiktionary
Es"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Estuaries. Etym: [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also æstuary.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle.
2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Dana.
Es"tu*a*ry, a.
Definition: Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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