distillers' grains
distillers' grains noun: a byproduct from distilling that is comparable to the brewers' spent grains from brewing and can be put to some of the same uses, such as animal feed supplementation.
Noun
distillers' grains pl (plural only)
- A byproduct from distilling that is comparable to the brewers' spent grains from brewing and can be put to some of the same uses, such as animal feed supplementation.
- Near-synonym: draff (sometimes synonymous)
- 605. Dried distillers' grains.—Dried distillers' grains, which are about as bulky as wheat bran, are extensively employed for feeding dairy cattle. Lindsey of the Massachusetts Station⁵⁶ compared this concentrate with gluten feed in trials with 6 cows, covering 2 alternate periods of 4 weeks each....1917, William Arnon Henry, Frank Barron Morrison, “Chapter XXII: Feeds for the dairy cow”, in Feeds and Feeding: A Handbook for the Student and Stockman, 17th edition, Henry-Morrison Company, pages...
- Synonyms:
- draff
Synonyms of distillers' grains
Forms of distillers' grains
| alternative form | distillers grains |
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| alternative form | distillers grain |
| alternative form | distillers' grain |
| alternative form | distiller's grains |
| alternative form | distiller's grain |
Questions about distillers' grains
- What does distillers' grains mean?
- Distillers' grains means a byproduct from distilling that is comparable to the brewers' spent grains from brewing and can be put to some of the same uses, such as animal feed supplementation.
- What part of speech is distillers' grains?
- Distillers' grains is a noun.
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