According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
SHIPMENT
dispatch, despatch, shipment
(noun) the act of sending off something
cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shipment (countable and uncountable, plural shipments)
a load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)
the act of transporting goods
Source: Wiktionary
Ship"ment, n.
1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
2. That which is shipped. The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. Story.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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