Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itās also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
LOGOGRAM
logogram, logograph
(noun) a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; ā7 is a logogram that is pronounced āsevenā in English and ānanatsuā in Japaneseā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
logogram (plural logograms)
A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase.
A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.
Synonyms
• (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase): logograph
Hyponyms
• heterogram
Arameogram
Sumerogram
Source: Wiktionary
Log"o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]
Definition: A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; āFear clogged her mindā; āThe story was clogged with too many detailsā
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