搾しめかす

し

め

か

す

Meanings

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.

菜な種たねから油あぶらを搾しぼったあとの搾しめかすは、肥ひ料りょうとして使つかわれる。
The oil cake left after pressing oil from rapeseed is used as fertilizer.
大だい豆ずの搾しめかすは良りょう質しつな飼し料りょうになる。
Soybean oil cake makes a high-quality feed.

Kanji

粕scrap, waste
搾squeeze
乄to find a place to dwell, sum, measurement of paper
滓dregs, grounds
糟dregs, sediment, grounds

Related words

油あぶらかす
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.

Written forms

搾しめかす
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling for 'oil cake'.
〆粕しめかす
Uses the abbreviation 〆 for 搾め; rare in modern writing.
搾滓しめかす
Rare kanji spelling using 滓 (dregs).
搾しめ糟かす
Rare kanji spelling using 糟 (lees).
搾しめ滓かす
Rare kanji spelling using 滓 (dregs).
乄しめ粕かす
Rare variant using 乄 (a variant of 搾).

Etymology

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.