POMACE

Etymology

Noun

pomace (countable and uncountable, plural pomaces)

The pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice (or a nut, etc, has been pressed to extract the oil).

Fish scrap.

Anagrams

• PEComa, ecomap

Source: Wiktionary


Pom"ace, n. Etym: [L. ponum a fruit, LL., an apple: cf. LL. pomagium, pomacium.]

Definition: The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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