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.
SHATTERS
Verb
shatters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shatter
Source: Wiktionary
SHATTER
Shat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shattering.] Etym: [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf. Scatter.]
1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning. A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. Locke.
2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. Norris.
3. To scatter about. [Obs.] Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Milton.
Shat"ter, v. i.
Definition: To be broken into fragments; to fal Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places. Bacon.
Shat"ter, n.
Definition: A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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