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.
FIREDOG
andiron, firedog, dog, dog-iron
(noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace; “the andirons were too hot to touch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
firedog (plural firedogs)
(archaeology) A Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
(chiefly US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace
Synonyms
• (support for holding logs): andiron
Source: Wiktionary
Fire"dog`, n.
Definition: A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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