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.
HIATUS
foramen, hiatus
(noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
hiatus
(noun) a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses)
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
An interruption, break or pause.
An unexpected break from work.
(geology) A gap in geological strata.
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
(linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
Synonyms
• (gap in series): break
• (interruption, break, pause): breather, moratorium, recess; see also pause
Anagrams
• hutias
Source: Wiktionary
Hi*a"tus, n.; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses. Etym: [L., fr. hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See Yawn.]
1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STACCATO
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
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