Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The residue left in a still after the process of distillation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The potash obtained from the residue of the wine-press; also, the residuum in a still after the process of distillation.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, -- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
- French, from Provençal vinassa, from Latin vīnācea, from feminine of vīnāceus; see vinaceous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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.”
“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.”
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