noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/bəˈɡæs/
Received-Pronunciation:/bæ-/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ˈɡɑːs/
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General-American:/bəˈɡæs/
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rhymes with -æs
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noun
Meaning 1
The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: megass, megasse
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bagassosis
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pulp
History
Etymology
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).
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ثفل القصب
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Assamese:
ডাবৰি
(dabori)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Assamese:
সিটা
(xita)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Assamese:
শিঠা
(xitha)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Assamese:
জাবৰি
(zabori)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Catalan:
bagàs
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Cebuano:
bagaso
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Cebuano:
sapal
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Chinese Mandarin:
甘蔗渣
(gānzhezhā, gānzhèzhā)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Chinese Mandarin:
蔗渣
(zhèzhā)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Min Nan Chinese:
蔗粕
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Dutch:
bagasse
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Dutch:
ampas
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Dutch:
tras
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Esperanto:
bagazo
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Finnish:
bagassi
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Finnish:
sokeriruokojäte
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
French:
bagasse
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Galician:
bagazo
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Galician:
bagullo
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Galician:
cadrazo
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Galician:
cangallo
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
German:
Bagasse
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Hindi:
खोई
(khoī)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Ilocano:
bugaso
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Indonesian:
bagas
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Indonesian:
ampas tebu
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Indonesian:
belotong
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Irish:
bagás
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Italian:
bagassa
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Japanese:
バガス
(bagasu)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Malay:
hampas tebu
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Maranao:
bagaso
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Khiamniungan Naga:
lǖkīngchāh
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Persian:
باگاس
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Portuguese:
bagaço
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Romanian:
bagasă
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Russian:
багасса
(bagassa)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Serbo-Croatian:
бага̀са
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Serbo-Croatian:
bagàsa
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Slovak:
bagasa
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Spanish:
bagazo
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Swedish:
blast
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Tagalog:
bagaso
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Tagalog:
yamas
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Tamil:
சக்கை
(cakkai)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Thai:
ชานอ้อย
(chaan-ɔ̂i)
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Turkish:
bagas
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Vietnamese:
bã mía
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted
Welsh:
siwrwd siwgwr
— residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted