noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpʌmɪs/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɒ-/
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General-American:/ˈpʌməs/
homophone: pumice
rhymes with -ʌmɪs
rhymes with -ɒmɪs
rhymes with -ʌməs
1
noun
Meaning 1
The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
Such residue from apples used in the process of cidermaking; also, a mass of crushed apples before the juice is pressed out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marc, stosh, pug
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
Such residue from grapes used in winemaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marc, stosh
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
Such residue (especially castor bean cake or fish scrap) used as fertilizer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marc, stosh
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of pulp (“a soft, moist mass formed by mashing something”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pulp
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Sheep offal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
[Alt: Red grape flesh and seeds] From Late Middle English pomis, pomys (“cider; pulp of plants pressed to extract their juice or oil”), probably from Medieval Latin pōmācium, pōmātium (“cider”), possibly a variant of pomaceum (although first attested later), from Latin pōmum (“fruit; fruit tree”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2epó (“away; off”) + *h1em- (“to take”), in the sense of something taken off a tree) + -āceum (neuter form of -āceus (suffix meaning ‘belonging to; having the nature of’, forming adjectives)). Doublet of pomade, pomate, and pomatum. Sense 1.1 (“crushed apples”) and sense 1.2 (“residue from grapes”) were possibly influenced by Middle French pommage (“(cidermaking) apple harvest; apple orchards”) and French poma, pomas, pomat (“residue from apples”) (Northern France).
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
bërsi
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Arabic:
ثجير
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Arabic:
جِفْت
(jift)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Arabic:
التفل
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Armenian:
չանչ
(čʻančʻ)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Basque:
pats
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Bulgarian:
джибри
(džibri)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Bulgarian:
комина
(komina)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Bulgarian:
кюспе
(kjuspe)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Bulgarian:
пращина
(praština)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Catalan:
brisa
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Catalan:
molinada
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Catalan:
molsa
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Catalan:
pinyol
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Catalan:
pinyolada
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Chinese Mandarin:
果渣
(guǒzhā)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Czech:
matoliny
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Dutch:
vruchtenpulp
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Esperanto:
rekremento
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Finnish:
mäski
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Finnish:
puristusjäte
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
French:
marc
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Galician:
bagazo
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Galician:
bagullo
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Galician:
buio
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Galician:
bullo
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
German:
Treber
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
German:
Trester
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Greek:
στέμφυλα
(stémfyla)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Greek:
τσάμπουρα
(tsámpoura)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Greek:
τσίπουρα
(tsípoura)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Greek:
βρύτεα
(vrýtea)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Ancient Greek:
βρῡ́τεα
(brū́tea)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Ancient Greek:
πίεσμα
(píesma)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Hungarian:
törköly
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Italian:
sansa
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Italian:
sansino
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Italian:
vinaccia
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Japanese:
ポマース
(pomāsu)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Latin:
sampsa
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Laz:
ჭაჭა
(ç̌aç̌a)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Luxembourgish:
Balleg
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Luxembourgish:
Marc
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Luxembourgish:
Trester
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Macedonian:
комина
(komina)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Macedonian:
комиње
(kominje)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Norwegian Bokmål:
pressrester
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Pannonian Rusyn:
ком
(kom)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Persian:
پومیس
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Polish:
wytłoczyny
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Polish:
wytłoki
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Portuguese:
bagaço
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Portuguese:
bagulho
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Romagnol:
vinaza
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Romanian:
tescovină
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Russian:
мезга́
(mezgá)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Russian:
вы́жимки
(výžimki)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Russian:
жмых
(žmyx)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Spanish:
hollejo
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Tamil:
சக்கை
(cakkai)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Tamil:
மண்டி
(maṇṭi)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Turkish:
cibre
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Ottoman Turkish:
جبره
(cibre)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Ottoman Turkish:
طورتی
(tortu)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Ukrainian:
мезга
(mezha)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Ukrainian:
м'язга
(mʺjazha)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Ukrainian:
вичавки
(vyčavky)
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Vietnamese:
bã
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Welsh:
gweisgion
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Welsh:
soeg
— pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil
Finnish:
omenamassa
— mass of crushed apples before the juice is pressed out