Marc

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mɑːk/

From Middle French marc.

Full definition of marc

Noun

1. The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
2. An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
• 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 298:There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
• 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 60: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.

Alternative forms

• mark

Noun

1. (obsolete) A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
2. (obsolete) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
3. (obsolete) A German coin and money of account; the mark.

Anagrams

• cram, mrca, MRCA