The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
SHORTHAND
shorthand
(adjective) written in abbreviated or symbolic form; “shorthand notes”
shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy
(noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shorthand (countable and uncountable, plural shorthands)
A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
Synonyms: brachygraphy (obsolete), stenography, phonography
Antonym: longhand
(by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
Verb
shorthand (third-person singular simple present shorthands, present participle shorthanding, simple past and past participle shorthanded)
(transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.
(transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
(intransitive) To write in shorthand.
Source: Wiktionary
Short"hand`, n.
Definition: A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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