molasses
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.
» Yanni got a bottle of molasses.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable, usually)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
(US, uncountable, usually)Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
(Scotland, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually)Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
Examples
10 sentencesYanni got a bottle of molasses.
Would you like a molasses cookie?
This old computer is slow as molasses.
I sweeten coffee with molasses instead of sugar.
They discovered how to marinade meat with pomegranate molasses.
Translations
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Origin
From Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweetFrom 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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Synonyms
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9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable