There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
LEAKING
Verb
leaking
present participle of leak
Noun
leaking (plural leakings)
The act by which something leaks.
(in the plural) That which leaks out.
Anagrams
• linkage
Source: Wiktionary
LEAK
Leak, n. Etym: [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G.leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. læk leaky, a leak, Sw. läck; cf. AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. Leak, v.]
1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. "One leak will sink a ship." Bunyan.
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps. To spring a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
Leak, a.
Definition: Leaky. [Obs.] Spenser.
Leak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaking.] Etym: [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. lække, Sw. läcka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See Leak, n.]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out. To leak out, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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