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.
STRAINER
strainer
(noun) a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
strainer (plural strainers)
A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
Synonym: sile
A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
One who strains.
Anagrams
• arrestin, restrain, retrains, terrains, trainers, transire
Source: Wiktionary
Strain"er, n.
1. One who strains.
2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suctionpipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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