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.
TIND
Etymology 1
Verb
tind (third-person singular simple present tinds, present participle tinding, simple past and past participle tind or tinded)
(obsolete) To ignite, kindle.
Etymology 2
Noun
tind (plural tinds)
A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.
Anagrams
• NDTI, di'n't, din't, dint, idn't
Source: Wiktionary
Tind, v. t. Etym: [OE. tenden, AS. tendan; akin to G. zünden, OHG. zunten, Icel. tendra, Sw. tända, Dan. tænde, Goth. tandjan to kindle, tundnan to be kindled, to burn. Cf. Tinder.]
Definition: To kindle. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
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