draff
A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part…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.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)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
- the residue of malt and grain which remains in the mash-kettle after the mashing and lautering process.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-GermanicFrom Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.
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Forms
plural: draffs| Singular | draff |
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uncountable
Synonyms
7 synonyms- the residue of malt and grain which remains in the mash-kettle after the mashing and lautering process.:brewer's grainspent grain
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable