Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
obviation, forestalling, preclusion
(noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Source: WordNet® 3.1
preclusion (countable and uncountable, plural preclusions)
(countable) The act of precluding.
(uncountable) The condition of being precluded.
• obviation
• prevention
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*clu"sion, n. Etym: [L. praeclusio. See Preclude.]
Definition: The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.