molasses

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

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1.
(uncountable, usually)A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
2.
(US, uncountable, usually)Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses.
3.
(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.
...the mournful molasses of his prose...
4.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
5.
(Scotland, form of, obsolete, plural, uncountable, usually)plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
6.
(Scotland, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually)Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
Đồng nghĩa: molass
7.
(form of, plural)(geology) plural of molasse

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verb

V_es/s

mollasses

V_ing/Gerund

malasses

V_ed/pp

merlaassesmolassey

1.
(form of, indicative, obsolete, present, singular, third person)third-person singular simple present indicative of molass

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Đồng nghĩa

molasslong sweeteningtreaclesorghum syruptheriaccane syrupthings considered figuratively sweet See sugar and honey

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

thumb|right|300px|cane juice|Cane juice being boiled to produce molasses ine mélit From Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from 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 mellacea, from mel + -ācea.