There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
SHREDDING
SHRED
shred, tear up, rip up
(verb) tear into shreds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
shredding (countable and uncountable, plural shreddings)
The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
(music, uncountable) A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.
Verb
shredding
present participle of shred
Source: Wiktionary
Shred"ding, n.
1. The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
2. That which is cut or torn off; a piece. Hooker.
SHRED
Shred, n. Etym: [OE. shrede, schrede, AS. screƔde; akin to OD. schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjothr a shred, and to E. shroud. Cf. Screed, Scroll, Scrutiny.]
1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. "Shreds of tanned leather." Bacon.
2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. Shak.
Shred, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shred or Shredded (; p. pr. & vb. n. Shredding.] Etym: [OE. shreden, schreden, AS. screƔdian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr, G. schroten. See Shred, n.]
1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather. Chaucer.
2. To lop; to prune; to trim. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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