Meanings
nounbagasse (usually uncountable, plural bagasses)
plural bagasses · alternative bagass
- uncountableusuallyThe residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
- archaicobsoleteuncountableusuallymedicineSynonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).
Synonyms: bagassosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
nounSynonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).
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Origin
- Latinbāca“berry or other small fruit; etc.”
- Spanishbagazo“plant residue (especially from sugar cane) after juice is extracted”
- Frenchbagasse
- Englishbagasse
Unadapted borrowing from French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo (“plant residue (especially from sugar cane) after juice is extracted”), from baga (“berry”) (from Latin bāca (“berry or other small fruit; etc.”); further etymology uncertain) + -azo (augmentative suffix).
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Arabic ثفل القصب
- ثفل القصبresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Catalan bagàs
- bagàsresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Chinese Mandarin 甘蔗渣, 蔗渣
- 甘蔗渣 (gānzhezhā, gānzhèzhā)residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- 蔗渣 (zhèzhā)residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Dutch bagasse, ampas
- bagasseresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- ampasresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- trasresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Esperanto bagazo
- bagazoresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Finnish bagassi, sokeriruokojäte
- bagassiresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- sokeriruokojäteresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
French bagasse
- bagasseresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
German Bagasse
- Bagasseresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Hindi खोई
- खोई (khoī)residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Indonesian bagas, ampas tebu
- bagasresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- ampas teburesidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- belotongresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Irish bagás
- bagásresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Italian bagassa
- bagassaresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Japanese バガス
- バガス (bagasu)residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Malay hampas tebu
- hampas teburesidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Persian باگاس
- باگاسresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Portuguese bagaço
- bagaçoresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Romanian bagasă
- bagasăresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Russian багасса
- багасса (bagassa)residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Slovak bagasa
- bagasaresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Spanish bagazo
- bagazoresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Swedish blast
- blastresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Tagalog bagaso, yamas
- bagasoresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- yamasresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Tamil சக்கை
- சக்கை (cakkai)residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Thai ชานอ้อย
- ชานอ้อย (chaan-ɔ̂i)residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Turkish bagas
- bagasresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Vietnamese bã mía
- bã míaresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Welsh siwrwd siwgwr
- siwrwd siwgwrresidue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bagasse
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