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molasses

патока

патока, чёрная патока, меласса

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.

Значення

значень: 5

(незлічуване, зазвичай)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, незлічуване, зазвичай)Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
(переносно, незлічуване, зазвичай)Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.
(переносно, незлічуване, зазвичай)Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
(Шотландія, застаріле, рідковживане, незлічуване, зазвичай)Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.

Приклади

речень: 10

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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Переклади

мов: 8

Русский

За значеннями 1

thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane:

Deutsch

За значеннями 1

thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane:

Походження

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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