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draff

/dɹæf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
draff
IPA
/dɹæf/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: draf, *dræf, *drabaz

Usage

Inflected Forms

draffs (plural)

Derived Forms

draffish draffy

Frequently Paired Words

potale

Synonyms

dregs hogwash brewers' spent grains BSG distillers' grains brewer's grain spent grain

Rhymes With

half staff laugh graph block graph af calf raf giraffe aff caf herschel graph

Questions

How do you pronounce draff?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹæf/.
What does draff mean?
A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.
Where does draff come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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