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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.

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Noun

bagasse (usually uncountable, plural bagasses)

  1. (usually) The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
    Synonyms:
    megass, megasse
  2. (archaic, obsolete, usually) 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

pluralbagasses
alternative formbagass

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

Words that rhyme with bagasse

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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

  1. Baganga
  2. bagani
  3. Baganuur
  4. bagarap
  5. bagass
  6. bagasse
  7. bagasses
  8. bagassosis
  9. bagataway
  10. bagatel
  11. bagatelle

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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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