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.
HOOVER
Hoover
(noun) a kind of vacuum cleaner
Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
(noun) 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover
(noun) United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
(noun) United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover
(verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner; “vacuum the carpets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hoover (plural hoovers)
(chiefly, Britain) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
Verb
hoover (third-person singular simple present hoovers, present participle hoovering, simple past and past participle hoovered)
(transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
(intransitive, British) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
(transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
Synonyms
• (transitive sense): to vacuum
Etymology
Proper noun
Hoover
An American surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
Noun
Hoover (plural Hoovers)
A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (alternative form of hoover).
Source: Wiktionary
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