Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SETUP
setup, frame-up
(noun) an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
apparatus, setup
(noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function
setup
(noun) the way something is organized or arranged; “it takes time to learn the setup around here”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
setup (plural setups)
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
(computing) An installer.
(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
(hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
Synonyms
• (equipment): apparatus
• (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged): configuration, layout
• (situation orchestrated to frame someone): frameup, stitch-up
Verb
setup
Misspelling of set up.
Anagrams
• TUPEs, puets, spute, stupe, upset
Source: Wiktionary
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