molasses

[ muh-las-iz ]
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noun
  1. a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.

Origin of molasses

1
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)

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molasses

/ (məˈlæsɪz) /


noun(functioning as singular)
  1. the thick brown uncrystallized bitter syrup obtained from sugar during refining

  2. US and Canadian a dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugar: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): treacle

Origin of molasses

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C16: from Portuguese melaço, from Late Latin mellāceum must, from Latin mel honey

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