According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
TYPIFY
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
(verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; “What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?”
typify, epitomize, epitomise
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
typify (third-person singular simple present typifies, present participle typifying, simple past and past participle typified)
(transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
(transitive) To portray stereotypically.
(transitive, science) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.
Source: Wiktionary
Typ"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb. n. Typifying.] Etym: [Type + -fy.]
Definition: To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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