What does molasses mean?

Definitions for molasses
məˈlæs ɪzmo·lasses

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. molassesnoun

    thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Molosses, Molassesnoun

    Treacle; the spume or scum of the juice of the sugar-cane.

    Etymology: mellazzo, Italian.

Wikipedia

  1. Molasses

    Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods. Molasses is a major constituent of fine commercial brown sugar. It is also one of the primary ingredients used to distill rum.Sweet sorghum syrup is colloquially called sorghum molasses in the southern United States. Molasses has a stronger flavour and is more viscous than most alternative syrups.

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  1. molasses

    Molasses is a thick, dense, dark brown syrup that is a byproduct of sugar extraction from sugarcane or sugar beets. It contains various amounts of sugar and various other components like vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. It is often used in cooking and baking, providing moisture and sweetness to various dishes, and is also used in the production of alcohols like rum.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Molassesnoun

    the thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle

  2. Etymology: [F. mlasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg. melao, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel, mellis, honey. See Mellifluous, and cf. Melasses.]

Wikidata

  1. Molasses

    Molasses is a viscous by-product of the refining of sugarcane, grapes, or sugar beets into sugar. The word comes from the Portuguese melaço, ultimately derived from mel, the Latin word for "honey". The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the source plant, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method employed. Sweet sorghum is known in some parts of the United States as molasses, though it is not a true molasses.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Molasses

    mo-las′ez, n.sing. a kind of syrup that drains from sugar during the process of manufacture: treacle. [Port. melaço (Fr. mélasse)—L. mell-aceus, honey-like—mel, mellis, honey.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Molasses

    The syrup remaining after sugar is crystallized out of SUGARCANE or sugar beet juice. It is also used in ANIMAL FEED, and in a fermented form, is used to make industrial ETHYL ALCOHOL and ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Molasses

    The American term for syrup or treacle, derived from the French melasse, the root of which is the Latin mellis, honey.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of molasses in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of molasses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of molasses in a Sentence

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    Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses.

  2. Lisa Drayer:

    Look at the ingredients list, if sugar or any one of the following terms are listed high on the label, you want to avoid that food: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, agave, honey, molasses, and anything ending in 'ose'; dextrose, fructose and sucrose are all code words for sugar.

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