What does molasses mean?
Definitions for molasses
məˈlæs ɪzmo·lasses
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Princeton's WordNet
molassesnoun
thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Molosses, Molassesnoun
Treacle; the spume or scum of the juice of the sugar-cane.
Etymology: mellazzo, Italian.
Wikipedia
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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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
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
Etymology: [F. mlasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg. melao, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel, mellis, honey. See Mellifluous, and cf. Melasses.]
Wikidata
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
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
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
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of molasses in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of molasses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of molasses in a Sentence
Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses.
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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- melasseAfrikaans
- triaklBreton
- melasaCzech
- melasseDanish
- Sirup, MelasseGerman
- melasoEsperanto
- melazaSpanish
- melassiFinnish
- sukursiroppur, sukurvavsturFaroese
- mélasseFrench
- melazaGalician
- soo shugyrManx
- דבשהHebrew
- गुड़Hindi
- melaszHungarian
- melassaItalian
- 糖蜜Japanese
- 糖蜜, 당밀Korean
- molasses "Latin
- mōrahihiMāori
- melasseNorwegian
- melasseDutch
- melasseNorwegian Nynorsk
- melasaPolish
- melaçoPortuguese
- q'itaQuechua
- патока, меласса, [[чёрныйRussian
- melassSwedish
- మొలాసిస్Telugu
- melatVolapük
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