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.
MAKEUP
makeup, make-up, war paint
(noun) cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up
(noun) the way in which someone or something is composed
makeup, make-up
(noun) an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; “he missed the test and had to take a makeup”; “the two teams played a makeup one week later”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
makeup (usually uncountable, plural makeups)
(uncountable) An item's composition.
(uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
(manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
(education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
Usage notes
The alternative spelling make-up is favored by the Oxford Dictionary and thus is often considered to be British, while makeup, being preferred by Merriam Webster's dictionary, is the generally accepted American spelling.
Synonyms
• (composition): configuration, constitution, form; see also composition
• (cosmetics): beauty products, cosmetics, product, slap, war paint
Hyponyms
• (cosmetics): See also toiletry
Anagrams
• upmake
Source: Wiktionary
Make"-up`, n.
Definition: The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character. The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. L. F. Ward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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