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 makingbeet sugar , used in the manufacture ofpotassium 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
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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
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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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