Marc vs Pomace - What's the difference?
marc | pomace |
The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
* 1929 , (Ernest Hemingway), A Farewell to Arms , Folio Society 2008, p. 298:
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 60:
(obsolete) A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
(obsolete) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
(obsolete) A German coin and money of account; the mark.
(Webster 1913)
the pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice (or a nut, etc., has been pressed to extract the oil)
As nouns the difference between marc and pomace
is that marc is the refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed while pomace is the pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice (or a nut, etc., has been pressed to extract the oil.As a proper noun Marc
is a given name derived from Latin, a French variant of Mark.marc
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) marc.Noun
(en-noun)- There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
- The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs , to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.