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.
RETRACTABLE
retractable
(adjective) capable of being retracted; “retractable landing gear”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
retractable (not comparable)
Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Noun
retractable (plural retractables)
A retractable pen.
Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tract"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétractable.]
Definition: Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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