There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
TUNNED
TUN
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
tunned
simple past tense and past participle of tun
Source: Wiktionary
TUN
Tun, n. Etym: [AS. tunne. See Ton a weight.]
1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
2. (Brewing)
Definition: A fermenting vat.
3. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
4. (Com.)
Definition: A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
5. An indefinite large quantity. Shak. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. Dryden.
6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
7. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
Tun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning.]
Definition: To put into tuns, or casks. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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