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.
VOUSSOIR
voussoir
(noun) wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
voussoir (plural voussoirs)
(architecture) One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.
Source: Wiktionary
Vous`soir", n. Etym: [F., akin to voûte an arch, a vault.] (Arch.)
Definition: One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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