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molasses

патока, чёрная патока, меласса

патока

Sirup, Melasse

A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially the still thicker and sweeter…A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.

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UK/məʊˈlasɪz/US/məˈlæsɪz/

» Yanni got a bottle of molasses.

Значение

значений: 5

(неисчисляемое, обычно)A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
Melasse, Sirup
мела́ссаmelássa, па́токаpátoka, чёрная па́токаčórnaja pátoka
thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
(США, неисчисляемое, обычно)Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
(переносно, неисчисляемое, обычно)Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.
(переносно, неисчисляемое, обычно)Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
(Шотландия, устаревшее, редкое, неисчисляемое, обычно)Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.

Примеры

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Yanni got a bottle of molasses.
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Would you like a molasses cookie?
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This old computer is slow as molasses.
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I sweeten coffee with molasses instead of sugar.
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They discovered how to marinade meat with pomegranate molasses.
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Переводы

языков: 8

Русский

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thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane:

Deutsch

По значениям 1

thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane:

Происхождение

From Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet

From Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet thing”), from mel (“honey”) + -āceus (“-aceous”) + -ium, q.v. Some alternative forms derived or influenced by Spanish melaza and French mélasse, conjectured to derive from unattested Late Latin mellacea, from mel + -ācea.

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