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.
SHIPWRECK
shipwreck
(noun) a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
shipwreck, wreck
(noun) an accident that destroys a ship at sea
shipwreck
(noun) an irretrievable loss; “that was the shipwreck of their romance”
shipwreck
(verb) destroy a ship; “The vessel was shipwrecked”
shipwreck
(verb) cause to experience shipwreck; “They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea”
shipwreck
(verb) suffer failure, as in some enterprise
shipwreck
(verb) ruin utterly; “You have shipwrecked my career”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shipwreck (countable and uncountable, plural shipwrecks)
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
Synonyms
• shipbreach
Verb
shipwreck (third-person singular simple present shipwrecks, present participle shipwrecking, simple past and past participle shipwrecked)
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
Source: Wiktionary
Ship"wreck`, n.
1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage. Dryden.
3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. 1 Tim. 1. 19. It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. J. Morley.
Ship"wreck`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.]
1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. Shak.
2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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