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.
INROAD
inroad
(noun) an encroachment or intrusion; “they made inroads in the United States market”
inroad
(noun) an invasion or hostile attack
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
inroad (plural inroads)
an advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion
(usually plural) progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem
Verb
inroad (third-person singular simple present inroads, present participle inroading, simple past and past participle inroaded)
(obsolete, transitive) To make an inroad into; to invade.
Anagrams
• Ardoin, Dorian, NORAID, Orinda, Rodina, donair, draino, ordain, radion, ranoid
Source: Wiktionary
In"road`, n.
Definition: The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment. The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. Clarendon. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. Milton.
Syn.
– Invasion; incursion; irruption. See Invasion.
In*road", v.t [imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading.]
Definition: To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
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