Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The residue left in a still after the process of distillation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The potash obtained from the residue of the wine-press; also, the residuum in a still after the process of distillation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, -- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.

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  • noun chemistry The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Provençal vinassa, from Latin vīnācea, from feminine of vīnāceus; see vinaceous.]

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French

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Examples

  • Mushroom mycelium has also been grown in molasses, as well as in vinasse, a waste product from the distillation of fermented sugar-cane juice.

    Chapter 5 1979

  • The waste molasses residue from sucrose extraction can be resold for use in the production of lactic acid, citric acid, butanol, glycerol, or yeast, while the vinasse-the residue from the ethanol fermentation process itself-can be mixed with lime and used for rich organic fertilizer.

    Spero News 2008

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