draff
/dɹæf/
draff noun: a byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.
Noun
draff (usually uncountable, plural draffs)
- A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.
- Near-synonyms: brewers' spent grains, BSG, distillers' grains
- […] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 8–9
- Synonyms:
- dregs, hogwash, brewers' spent grains, BSG, distillers' grains
Synonyms of draff
Forms of draff
| plural | draffs |
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Origin of draff
From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.
Words formed from draff
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Questions about draff
- What does draff mean?
- Draff means a byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.
- What part of speech is draff?
- Draff is a noun.
- How do you pronounce draff?
- Draff is pronounced /dɹæf/.
- What is the plural of draff?
- The plural of draff is draffs.
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