marc

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/mɑːk/
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/mɑːk/ · /mɑɹk/

Definition of marc

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
  2. (uncountable, usually)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.”
  3. (alt-of, alternative, historical, uncommon)Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).

name

  1. A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of machine-readable cataloging; a set of digital standards.
    “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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).

Anagrams of marc

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Words you can make from marc

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3-letter words

7 words

2-letter words

3 words

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