marc

UK /mɑːk/ US /mɑɹk/

noun 3name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

vigorous

The vigorous marc from the wine press was spread across the vineyard as fertilizer.

VERB + MARC

effects

The wine's tannins left visible effects on the marc after fermentation finished.

MARC + NOUN

gaden, hachadourian, language, letter, siblings, spirit, tables, webb

The marc spirit of innovation drove the company to develop new products every year.

PREP.

in, on, than, with

The winemaker spread the grape marc on the ground to dry in the sun.

Definitions

noun

The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.

An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.

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.

noun

Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).

name

A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.

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Example Bank

There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

ISO 639-3 is a comprehensive list of nearly 8,000 three-letter codes for individual languages that expands on ISO 639-2. ISO 639-2 includes the same languages as the MARC language codes.

Wiktionary

Marc, whose spirit is timid, hid himself, fearing danger.

Tatoeba · #780887

Paul is more vigorous than Marc.

Tatoeba · #790096

Marc, do you want the ketchup?

Tatoeba · #1138323

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, marc is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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