The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
NOOK
corner, nook
(noun) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; “a piano was in one corner of the room”
nook
(noun) a sheltered and secluded place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nook (plural nooks)
A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
Synonyms: alcove, ancone, recess
A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
A recess, cove or hollow.
Synonym: niche
(historical) An English unit of land area, originally 1/4 of a yardland but later 12-1/2 or 20 acres.
Synonym: fardel
(chiefly, Northern England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
Hypernyms
• (unit of area): See hundred (16,000 nooks); see carucate (16); see virgate (4); see oxgang (2)
Hyponyms
• (unit of area): See fardel (1/2 nook), see acre (various fractions & for further subdivisions)
Verb
nook (third-person singular simple present nooks, present participle nooking, simple past and past participle nooked)
To withdraw into a nook.
To situate in a nook.
Anagrams
• Kono
Source: Wiktionary
Nook, n. Etym: [OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.]
Definition: A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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