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.
VERBAL
verbal
(adjective) communicated in the form of words; âverbal imageryâ; âa verbal protestâ
verbal
(adjective) prolix; âyou put me to forget a ladyâs manners by being so verbalâ- Shakespeare
verbal
(adjective) relating to or having facility in the use of words; âa good poet is a verbal artistâ; âa merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to soundâ; âverbal aptitudeâ
verbal
(adjective) expressed in spoken words; âa verbal contractâ
verbal
(adjective) of or relating to or formed from a verb; âverbal adjectives like ârunningâ in âhot and cold running waterââ
verbal
(adjective) of or relating to or formed from words in general; âverbal abilityâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
verbal (not comparable)
Of or relating to words.
Synonym: wordish
Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
Consisting of words only.
Antonyms: non-verbal, substantive
Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
(grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
Synonym: rhematic
(grammar) Used to form a verb.
Capable of speech.
Antonym: preverbal
Word for word.
Synonyms: literal, verbatim
(obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.
Synonyms
• (of or relating to speech or words): lectic
Antonyms
• (expressly spoken or written): implied
• (expressly stated): unsaid
Noun
verbal (plural verbals)
(grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
Synonym: non-finite verb
(UK, Ireland) A confession given to police.
Verb
verbal (third-person singular simple present verbals, present participle verballing, simple past and past participle verballed)
(transitive, British, Australia) To induce into fabricating a confession.
Anagrams
• Varble, Vrabel
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"bal, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. verbalis. See Verb.]
1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony. Made she no verbal question Shak. We subjoin an engraving . . . which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind. Mayhew.
2. Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change. And loses, though but verbal, his reward. Milton. Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial knowledge. Whewell.
3. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.
4. Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] Shak.
5. (Gram.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix. Verbal inspiration. See under Inspiration.
– Verbal noun (Gram.), a noun derived directly from a verb or verb stem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to infinitives, and nouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter. See Gerund, and -ing, 2. See also, Infinitive mood, under Infinitive.
Ver"bal, n. (Gram.)
Definition: A noun derived from a verb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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