According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
OFFSHORE
offshore, seaward
(adjective) (of winds) coming from the land; “offshore winds”
offshore
(adjective) at some distance from the shore; “offshore oil reserves”; “an offshore island”
offshore
(adverb) away from shore; away from land; “cruising three miles offshore”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
offshore (not comparable)
Moving away from the shore.
Located in the sea away from the coast.
Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws.
Adverb
offshore (not comparable)
Away from the shore.
At some distance from the shore.
Verb
offshore (third-person singular simple present offshores, present participle offshoring, simple past and past participle offshored)
To use foreign labor to substitute for local labor.
Noun
offshore (plural offshores)
An area or or portion of sea away from the shore.
An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore.
Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country.
Source: Wiktionary
Off"shore", a.
Definition: From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
10 June 2025
COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Coffee Trivia
