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.
RACQUET
racket, racquet
(noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
racquet (plural racquets)
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis, or a shuttlecock in badminton.
Synonyms
• bat
• paddle
Verb
racquet (third-person singular simple present racquets, present participle racqueting, simple past and past participle racqueted)
To hit with a racquet.
To play a game that involves using a racquet.
To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.
Source: Wiktionary
Rac"quet, n.
Definition: See Racket.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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