Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
FRICATIVES
Noun
fricatives
plural of fricative
Source: Wiktionary
FRICATIVE
Fric"a*tive, a. Etym: [See Frication.] (Phon.)
Definition: Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc.
– n.
Definition: A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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