muscovado

[ muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah- ]

/ ˌmʌs kəˈveɪ doʊ, -ˈvɑ- /

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noun

raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugarcane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.

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Also muscavado .

Origin of muscovado

First recorded in 1635–45; from Spanish (azúcar) mascabado or directly from Portuguese (açúcar) mascavado, past participle of mascavar “to separate raw sugar,” earlier meoscabar, reduced form of menoscabar “to belittle, detract from,” cognate with Spanish menoscabar “to diminish, reduce,” from unattested Vulgar Latin minuscapāre, equivalent to Latin minus “smaller, less” (see minus) + unattested Vulgar Latin -capāre, derivative of unattested capum, for Latin caput “head”; cf. achieve, mischief

Words nearby muscovado

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How to use muscovado in a sentence

It was variously known as "Muscovado" sugar, or as "plantation sugar," sometimes as "coffee" or "coffee crushed."
Cuba, Old and New|Albert Gardner Robinson
It does not differ from that of making the Muscovado, so far as concerns the grinding and boiling.
Letters of a Traveller|William Cullen Bryant
Muscovado, or raw sugar, with lime water, are the usual ingredients of this colouring matter.
The American Practical Brewer and Tanner|Joseph Coppinger
It was bright and moist, with a large, full grain, the sweetness of it being like that of good muscovado.
The History of Virginia, in Four Parts|Robert Beverley

In a good season it produces from fifty to sixty thousand hogsheads of muscovado sugar of the best quality.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917|Various

British Dictionary definitions for muscovado

muscovado

muscavado

/ (ˌmʌskəˈvɑːdəʊ) /

noun

raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses

Word Origin for muscovado

C17: from Portuguese açúcar mascavado separated sugar; mascavado from mascavar to separate, probably from Latin

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