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Word of the day
for October 4
pomace n
  1. The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
    1. Such residue from apples used in the process of cidermaking; also, a mass of crushed apples before the juice is pressed out.
    2. Such residue from grapes used in winemaking.
    3. (historical) Such residue (especially castor bean cake or fish scrap) used as fertilizer.
  2. (UK, regional, archaic) Synonym of pulp (“a soft, moist mass formed by mashing something”)
  3. (by extension, obsolete) Sheep offal.
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