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.
PROTRUDING
jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out
(adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; “the jutting limb of a tree”; “massive projected buttresses”; “his protruding ribs”; “a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
protruding
present participle of protrude
Source: Wiktionary
PROTRUDE
Pro*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Protruding.] Etym: [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke.
2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. Thomson.
Pro*trude", v. i.
Definition: To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project. The parts protrude beyond the skin. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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