Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
MANDUCATE
chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; “He jawed his bubble gum”; “Chew your food and don’t swallow it!”; “The cows were masticating the grass”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
manducate (third-person singular simple present manducates, present participle manducating, simple past and past participle manducated)
(literary) To chew; to masticate.
(literary) To eat.
Source: Wiktionary
Man"du*cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manducated; p. pr. & vb. n. Manducating.] Etym: [L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See Manger.]
Definition: To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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