Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
MODIFICATION
alteration, modification, adjustment
(noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
modification
(noun) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; “a modification of last year’s model”
change, alteration, modification
(noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; “the change was intended to increase sales”; “this storm is certainly a change for the worse”; “the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago”
modification, qualifying, limiting
(noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)
(obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
(linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]
• Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
(biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]
• Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
(linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
• The Chinese word "kòu tĂłu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".
Anagrams
• domification
Source: Wiktionary
Mod`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. modificatio a measuring: cf. F. modification. See Modify.]
Definition: The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPRINGBOARD
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