molasses
[ muh-las-iz ]
/ məˈlæs ɪz /
noun
a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.
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Origin of molasses
1575–85; earlier molassos, molasso(e)s < Portuguese melaços, plural of melaço (< Late Latin mellācium half-boiled new wine, for *mellāceum, neuter of *mellāceus honeylike, equivalent to mell-, stem of mel honey + -āceus -aceous)
Words nearby molasses
molar heat capacity, molar volume, molarity, molars, molasse, molasses, mold, mold loft, mold wash, moldau, moldavia
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British Dictionary definitions for molasses
molasses
/ (məˈlæsɪz) /
noun (functioning as singular)
the thick brown uncrystallized bitter syrup obtained from sugar during refining
US and Canadian a dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugarAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): treacle
Word Origin for molasses
C16: from Portuguese melaço, from Late Latin mellāceum must, from Latin mel honey
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