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Vinasse
Vi-nasse′
,Noun.
[F.]
(Chem.)
The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, – used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.
Definition 2024
vinasse
vinasse
English
Noun
vinasse (countable and uncountable, plural vinasses)
- (chemistry) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.
French
Etymology
vin + -asse or possibly from Vulgar Latin vīnācea, from the neuter plural of Late Latin vīnāceus, from Latin vīnum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.nas/
Noun
vinasse f (plural vinasses)
- (chemistry) vinasse
- (colloquialism) Poor-quality, bad-tasting wine.