Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
LEDGES
Noun
ledges
plural of ledge
Anagrams
• Sledge, edgels, gledes, gleeds, sledge
Source: Wiktionary
LEDGE
Ledge, n. Etym: [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. lögg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See Lie to be prostrate.] [Formerly written lidge.]
1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
3. A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. Sir H. Wotton.
4. (Mining)
Definition: A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
5. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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