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.
wiper, wiper arm, contact arm
(noun) contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
wiper
(noun) a worker who wipes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wiper (plural wipers)
Someone who wipes.
Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
A movable electric contact in some devices.
(nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
Source: Wiktionary
Wip"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, wipes.
2. Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
3. (Mach.)
Definition: A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
4. (Firearms)
Definition: A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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.