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.
FLOORS
Noun
floors
plural of floor
Verb
floors
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of floor
Source: Wiktionary
FLOOR
Floor, n. Etym: [AS. fl; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]
1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
4. A story of a building. See Story.
5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]
Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
6. (Naut.)
Definition: That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond. Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth.
– Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position.
– Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor.
– Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.
Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]
1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.
3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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