noun
oil cake; scrap cake
The solid residue left after pressing oil from seeds or fruits, used as animal feed or fertilizer. A technical term in agriculture and food processing.
菜種から油を搾ったあとの搾めかすは、肥料として使われる。
The oil cake left after pressing oil from rapeseed is used as fertilizer.
大豆の搾めかすは良質な飼料になる。
Soybean oil cake makes a high-quality feed.
油かす is a more common term for oil cake or fried food scraps, while 搾めかす specifically refers to the pressed residue from oil extraction.
Compound of 搾め (shime, the continuative form of 搾める 'to press, squeeze') + かす (kasu 'dregs, lees'). The kanji spellings reflect the meaning of pressed residue.