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.
GROUTING
Etymology
Verb
grouting
present participle of grout
Noun
grouting (plural groutings)
An application of grout.
Source: Wiktionary
Grout"ing, n.
Definition: The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in. Gwilt.
GROUT
Grout, n. Etym: [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. grütze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and Z. groats.]
1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.
2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
3. pl.
Definition: Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] "Grouts of tea." Dickens.
4. A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt.
Grout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouting.]
Definition: To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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