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.
ORPHANAGE
orphanage, orphans' asylum
(noun) a public institution for the care of orphans
orphanage, orphanhood
(noun) the condition of being a child without living parents; “his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
orphanage (countable and uncountable, plural orphanages)
A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
(obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.
Synonyms
• children's home
• orphanarium
Anagrams
• harpagone
Source: Wiktionary
Or"phan*age, n.
1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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