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Meaning of "poonac" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POONAC

poonac  [ˈpuːnæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POONAC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Poonac is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POONAC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

poonac

Copra

Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut used to extract coconut oil. The earliest evidence of the extracting and usage of coconut oil from copra is found in early Tamil literature from the 1st century AD. The word originated from the Malayalam word Copra . Coconut oil is extracted from it and this has made copra an important agricultural commodity for many coconut-producing countries. It also yields coconut cake which is mainly used as feed for livestock.

Definition of poonac in the English dictionary

The definition of poonac in the dictionary is a coconut residue, mainly used as animal fodder.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POONAC


almanac
ˈɔːlməˌnæk
almanack
ˈɔːlmənæk
Carnac
ˈkɑːnæk
Kanak
kəˈnæk
Karnak
ˈkɑːnæk
knack
næk
knick-knack
ˈnɪkˌnæk
linac
ˈlɪnæk
nick-nack
ˈnɪkˌnæk
Pasternak
ˈpæstəˌnæk
Sassenach
ˈsæsəˌnæk
snack
snæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POONAC

pool player
pool table
Poole
pooler
poolroom
pools
poolside
poon
Poona
poonce
poontang
poop
poop deck
poop scoop
pooped
pooper-scooper
poor
poor box
poor boy

WORDS THAT END LIKE POONAC

ac
Armagnac
bac
cardiac
Cognac
cul-de-sac
Frontenac
Isaac
lac
lilac
mac
Mackinac
maniac
nautical almanac
Polignac
sac
sign of the zodiac
Signac
vac
zodiac

Synonyms and antonyms of poonac in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «poonac» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POONAC

Find out the translation of poonac to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of poonac from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «poonac» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

poonac
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poonac
570 millions of speakers

English

poonac
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

poonac
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

poonac
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

poonac
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poonac
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

poonac
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poonac
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Poonac
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

poonac
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

poonac
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

poonac
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Poonac
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

poonac
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புண்ணாக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुणेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

poonac
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poonac
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poonac
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

poonac
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poonac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

poonac
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poonac
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

poonac
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

poonac
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of poonac

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POONAC»

The term «poonac» is used very little and occupies the 182.292 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POONAC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «poonac» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «poonac» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about poonac

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POONAC»

Discover the use of poonac in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poonac and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Coconut Palm Products: Their Processing in Developing Countries
The oil content is roughly the same as that of linseed cake, and the total mineral content is about the same as that of other oilcakes; however, coconut poonac, while a good source of phosphorus, is a poor source of calcium. The composition of ...
Brian E. Grimwood, Ashman, F., Jarman, C.G., 1975
2
Coffee Culture in Ceylon: Manuring of Estates
Poonac and Bones. Where circumstances call for much rather than thorough manuring, a union of one part Bones with two of Poonac is a fashionable dose. Benefit undoubtedly results to the crop, but whether the soil is not impoverished is ...
Arnold H. White, 1875
3
52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: ...
Control diet consisted of corn 25%, rice bran 25%, coconut poonac 40%, di- calcium phosphate 2.5%, salt 0.25% and premix 0.25%. Treatment diet 1(T1) was formulated by replacing 50% of coconut poonac with ELM. Treatment diet 2 (T2) was ...
Declan Troy, 2006
4
Mysore Agricultural Journal
Coconut Poonac as a Food for Livestock BY M. Crawford, M.R.C.V.S. To breeders of livestock in Ceylon, coconut poonac is of special interest because it is produced locally and in large quantities. At a time such as the present when supplies of ...
‎1939
5
Parliamentary Debates
SCHEDULE Column I Article Coconut Poonac, per ton Column II Rate Rs. c. . . 75 00 In October 1961 the local price of coconut poonac dropped substantially owing to increased production of oil. There was a surplus of poonac over local ...
Sri Lanka. Pārlimēntuva. Niyōjita Mantrī Maṇḍalaya, 1963
6
The Tropical Agriculturalist
nitrogen — but the all-important element of potash is wanting. Fish guano consists of what is left of the fish after the extraction of the oil. Fish manure may be said to be bones and poonac ( oilcake ) in another form, for it contains exactly the ...
‎1922
7
Ceylon Coconut Quarterly
Poonac The heavy exports of copra, coupled with the record exports of desiccated coconut, both more pronounced in the second half of the year, combined with the shorter coconut crop to produce an unprecedented shortage of poonac which ...
‎1957
8
The Ceylon Coconut Planters' Review
Ceylon Cocon. Plrs. Rev. (1975-1980) 7, 36-43. Printed in Sri Lanka. SUGGESTED STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING THE DEPENDENCE OF LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES ON COCONUT POONAC AS A FEED CONCENTRATE EARLE C. DE ...
‎1980
9
Report
Composition of Coconut Cakes (Poonac) Following up an inquiry on the manurial value of coconut poonac it was considered useful to carry out complete analyses of the various types of extracted coconut cakes produced in Ceylon oil mills.
Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka, 1951
10
Ceylon Sessional Papers
Composition of Coconut Cakes (Poonac) Following up an inquiry on the manurial value of coconut poonac it' was considered useful to carry out complete analyses of the various types of extracted coconut cakes produced in Ceylon oil mills.
Ceylon. Pārlimēntuva, 1956

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POONAC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term poonac is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The desiccated coconut industry – glimpses of the past, present …
Besides D/C, the mills also manufactured coconut oil, copra and poonac mostly for domestic use and on occasions for export too. But it was D/C ... «The Island.lk, Dec 14»
2
Last year's state co-champs win spelling bee again
After Payra won his champion challenge word - "maglev" - he failed to spell "poonac," a type of coconut cake. That landed last year's ... «Chron.com, Mar 14»
3
HVA organic farm to begin commercial operations
“We will process virgin coconut oil, coconut water, poonac, coconut fibre, coconut pith and activated carbon. Coconut pith and poonac will be ... «Sunday Observer, Jul 13»
4
Soaring poultry production costs overshadow pricing formula
Soya which used to sell at Rs. 95 a kg now costs as much as Rs. 117 while prices of other ingredients such as vitamins as well as, Poonac, ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Dec 12»
5
Export of coconut related products increases
... there is a high demand for coconut related industries such as coconut oil, dessiccated coconut,copra,seed nuts,king coconut, poonac, cream, ... «Sunday Observer, Jun 12»
6
Development Infrastructure
Then one can expect a hardy breed of local cows that can be sustained on local pastures and poonac. This is the method that has been ... «Lankaweb, Nov 11»
7
Fake snail bait
Inside the van, police also found three gunny bags of poonac, 682 bags of the bogus snail bait, rubber stamps, empty packets, etc. The suspect, a resident of ... «Sunday Times.lk, Nov 11»
8
Coconut oil: It's good for you after all
Providing a way to improve the quality of copra oil, he says the answer is incorporating important phenolic compounds from poonac (the coconut cake usually ... «Sunday Times.lk, Oct 11»
9
The nettle-grub and the ratemahatmaya
(Words not examined: nelumbium, nooser, oil-bird, omander, palanquin, palmyra, pandaram, peon, petwood, pleonaste, poon, poonac, Pothos, proponent 2., ... «Sunday Times.lk, Oct 11»
10
'Polkudu' treatment for heart ailments
(Cow, you should be fed with Poonac or it would be rather better to rear a pig fed with poonac). In the same wave length if someone tells you "Thammuseta ... «Sunday Times.lk, Feb 11»

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