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Pomace (noun) means the soft mashed material left over after something has been pressed to get out its juice or oil.

noun
1
The soft mashed material left over after something has been pressed to get out its juice or oil.
2
The pulp left from apples during cider-making, or the mass of crushed apples before pressing.
3
The pulp left from grapes during wine-making.
4
Pulp of this kind, such as castor bean cake or fish waste, used to feed soil as fertiliser.
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Etymology

[Alt: Red grape flesh and seeds] From Late Middle English pomis, pomys (“cider; pulp of plants pressed to extract their juice or oil”), probably from Medieval Latin pōmācium, pōmātium (“cider”), possibly a variant of pomaceum (although first attested later), from Latin pōmum (“fruit; fruit tree”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; off”) + *h₁em- (“to take”), in the sense of something taken off a tree) + -āceum (neuter form of -āceus (suffix meaning ‘belonging to; having the nature of’, forming adjectives)). Doublet of pomade, pomate, and pomatum. Sense 1.1 (“crushed apples”) and sense 1.2 (“residue from grapes”) were possibly influenced by Middle French pommage (“(cidermaking) apple harvest; apple orchards”) and French poma, pomas, pomat (“residue from apples”) (Northern France).

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What is the meaning of pomace?
"pomace" (noun) means the soft mashed material left over after something has been pressed to get out its juice or oil.
What is another word for pomace?
Other words for "pomace" include marc.
What are the different meanings of pomace?
"pomace" has 3 main meanings: 1. The soft mashed material left over after something has been pressed to get out its juice or oil; 2. The pulp left from apples during cider-making, or the mass of crushed apples before pressing; 3. The pulp left from grapes during wine-making.

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