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.
SIDEWAYS
crabwise, sideways
(adjective) (of movement) at an angle
sidelong, sideways, obliquely
(adverb) to, toward or at one side; “darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”
sideways, sideway, sidewise
(adverb) toward one side; “the car slipped sideways into the ditch”; “leaning sideways”; “a figure moving sidewise in the shadows”
sideway, sideways, sidewise
(adverb) from the side; obliquely; “a picture lit sideways”; “scenes viewed sidewise”
sideways, sideway, sidewise
(adverb) with one side forward or to the front; “turned sideways to show the profile”; “crabs seeming to walk sidewise”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
sideways
plural of sideway
Adjective
sideways (comparative more sideways, superlative most sideways)
Moving or directed toward one side.
(informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
(informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
(chiefly, US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
(usually with "with", informal) In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
Adverb
sideways
With a side to the front.
Towards one side.
Askance; sidelong.
(informal) Neither upward nor downward.
Anagrams
• waysides
Source: Wiktionary
Side"ways`, adv.
Definition: Toward the side; sidewise. A second refraction made sideways. Sir I. Newton. His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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