Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PARING
paring
(noun) (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel; “she could peel an apple with a single long paring”
paring, sliver, shaving
(noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
paring
present participle of pare
Noun
paring (plural parings)
A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage.
Anagrams
• pringá, raping
Source: Wiktionary
Par"ing, n. Etym: [From Pare, v. t.]
1. The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
2. That which is pared off. Pope. Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the parings raise your hills. Mortimer.
PARE
Pare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pared; p. pr. & vb. n. Paring.] Etym: [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. Empire, Parade, Pardon, Parry, Prepare.]
1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.
3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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