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.
FOOTPRINT
footprint
(noun) the area taken up by some object; “the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches”
footprint, footmark, step
(noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; “the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window”
footprint
(noun) a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; “the footprints of an earlier civilization”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
footprint (plural footprints)
The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
Synonym: footmark
Space required by a piece of equipment.
(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
(computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
(figurative) Profession or lifestyle.
The surface space occupied by a structure.
A company's geographic market presence.
(ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
Hyponyms: carbon footprint, ecological footprint
Availability of a satellite from the ground.
Source: Wiktionary
Foot"print`, n.
Definition: The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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