Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
FIELDWORK
fieldwork
(noun) a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fieldwork (countable and uncountable, plural fieldworks)
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g, barn, house, outbuildings, office).
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field.
Source: Wiktionary
Field"work`, n. (Mil.)
Definition: Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field;
– commonly in the plural. All works which do not come under the head of permanent fortification are called fieldworks. Wilhelm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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