Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stout support, in the nature of a stool, for keeping something from coming in contact with the floor of a shop, factory, bleachery, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bleaching) A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable The residue from the manufacture of alcohol from grain; typically used in animal feed
  • noun countable A rack or pallet used to hold goods (originally casks) off the floor

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Examples

  • The cask sits on top of the bar on a wooden rack known as a stillage.

    Long Island Beer Events 2009

  • The solids, which consist largely of lignin, are recovered from the stillage with a centrifuge, and can then be burned to generate steam for the overall process.

    Spinning straw into liquid gold ewillett 2008

  • The cask sits on top of the bar on a wooden rack known as a stillage.

    Next Cask Night at Deks: Oakham Bishop's Farewell 2008

  • The cask sits on top of the bar on a wooden rack known as a stillage.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2008

  • Here, the ethanol is separated from thesolids known as “stillage.”

    Ethanol 2008

  • The cask sits on top of the bar on a wooden rack known as a stillage.

    Donavan Hall 2008

  • In Brazil stillage, a nutrient rich remainder of sugar cane fermentation, is returned to sugar cane plantations.

    Chapter 9 2000

  • Initially, on the introduction of the Proalcool program in Brazil, pollution of waterways increased in several cases because of the discharge of stillage from distilleries directly into the waterways.

    Chapter 7 1994

  • This is no longer a problem, as the stillage is now being used as fertilizer or being treated before discharge (World Bank data).

    Chapter 7 1994

  • By-products include stillage for fertilizer, electricity from bagasse in the case of sugarcane, and carbon dioxide and animal feeds from corn.

    Chapter 7 1994

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