vinasse
/vɪˈnæs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of fertiliser or potassium carbonate.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Borrowed from French vinasse, ultimately from Latin vīnācea.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: vinasse, vīnācea