bagasse
Syllables: ba·gasse/bəˈɡæs//bəˈɡæs/
bagasse noun: the residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
Noun
bagasse (usually uncountable, plural bagasses)
- The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
- Synonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).
- Synonyms:
- bagassosis
bagasse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Assamese
bagasse in Hindi
- residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- खोई khoī
bagasse in Tamil
- residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- சக்கை cakkai
bagasse in Kannada
- ಕಬ್ಬಿನ ಸಿಪ್ಪೆ
bagasse in Assamese
- residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
- ডাবৰি dabori, সিটা xita, শিঠা xitha, জাবৰি zabori
More languagesFewer languages
- bagasse in Tagalog
- bagaso, yamas
- bagasse in Arabic
- ثفل القصب
- bagasse in Malay
- hampas tebu
- bagasse in Indonesian
- bagas, ampas tebu, belotong
- bagasse in Persian
- باگاس
- bagasse in Thai
- ชานอ้อย chaan-ɔ̂i
- bagasse in Vietnamese
- bã mía
Synonyms of bagasse
Forms of bagasse
| plural | bagasses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bagass |
Origin of bagasse
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).
Words formed from bagasse
- megass
- bagasse disease
- bagassosis
Words that rhyme with bagasse
39 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Corinthian brass
- cuirass
- en masse
- frass
- Lefkas
- madras
- morass
- Pendergrass
- volte-face
- wass
- world-class
- adder's grass
- alas
- asse
- bamboo grass
- chasse
- das
- dass
- dogtooth grass
- flyaway grass
- hey pass
- Inner Brass
- khalass
- khalassed
- lac
- lift pass
- low mass
- Neptune grass
- outclass
- Outer Brass
- Ratass
- rockmass
- saas
- shass
- tass
- tasse
- thass
- wassed
- wrasse
Questions about bagasse
- What does bagasse mean?
- Bagasse means the residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
- What is bagasse in Hindi?
- Bagasse in Hindi is खोई (khoī). See Bagasse meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bagasse?
- Bagasse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bagasse?
- Bagasse is pronounced /bəˈɡæs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bagasse?
- The plural of bagasse is bagasses.
Words near bagasse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bagasse (page history and authors); bagasse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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