pomace
pom·ace/ˈpʌməs/noun
pomace is spelled P-O-M-A-C-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (pom·ace). It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pomace means “Such residue from apples used in the process of cidermaking; also, a mass of crushed apples before the juice is pressed out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pomace is pomaces.
How many letters and syllables are in pomace?
| Letters | 6: P-O-M-A-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pom·ace |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pomace?
Pomace appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pomace?
- UK /ˈpʌmɪs/
- UK /ˈpɒ-/
- US /ˈpʌməs/
Pomace has 2 syllables, split pom·ace in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pomace.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pomace
Sounds like: pumice (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pomace
- pomaces plural
- pumace
- pummace
- pummice
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pomace mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Such residue from apples used in the process of cidermaking; also, a mass of crushed apples before the juice is pressed out.
- 2
Such residue from grapes used in winemaking.
- 3
Such residue (especially castor bean cake or fish scrap) used as fertilizer.
- 4
UKarchaicSynonym of pulp (“a soft, moist mass formed by mashing something”).
- 5
obsoleteSheep offal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pomace in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice :
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pomace come from?
[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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).