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.
SQUINCH
squinch
(noun) a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
squint, squinch
(verb) cross one’s eyes as if in strabismus; “The children squinted so as to scare each other”
flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
(verb) draw back, as with fear or pain; “she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
squinch
(verb) crouch down
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
squinch (plural squinches)
(architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
Verb
squinch (third-person singular simple present squinches, present participle squinching, simple past and past participle squinched)
(transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
Source: Wiktionary
Squinch, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.)
Definition: A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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