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.
TIMBRE
timbre, timber, quality, tone
(noun) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); “the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely”; “the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
timbre (countable and uncountable, plural timbres)
The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch.
(heraldry) The crest on a coat of arms.
Anagrams
• betrim, timber
Source: Wiktionary
Tim"bre, n.
Definition: See 1st Timber.
Tim"bre, n. Etym: [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. Timbrel.]
1. (Her.)
Definition: The crest on a coat of arms.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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