molasses
pronunciation
How to pronounce molasses in British English:
UK [məˈlæsɪz]
How to pronounce molasses in American English:
US [məˈlæsɪz]
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- Noun:
- thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
Word Origin
- molasses
- molasses: [16] The etymological connections of molasses are with ‘honey’ rather than ‘sugar’. It comes via Portuguese melaço from late Latin mellāceum ‘fermenting grape juice, new wine’. This was a derivative of mel ‘honey’, source of English mellifluous [15] and related to mildew.=> mellifluous, mildew
- molasses (n.)
- 1580s, from Portuguese melaço, from Late Latin mellaceum "new wine," properly neuter of mellaceus "resembling honey," from Latin mel (genitive mellis) "honey" (see Melissa). Adopted in English in plural form, but regarded as a singular noun.
Example
- 1. Finding molasses , they learned , is next to impossible .
- 2. Complex and elegant , with all the burnt-sugar , molasses , and banana flavors you could ever want .
- 3. Molasses is a syrup obtained at a different stage of refining .
- 4. In alternative circles , there 's the persistent myth that raw cane sugar and molasses are healthy because they contain minerals .
- 5. Heavy oil , which can be as thick as molasses , is harder to get out of the ground than light oil and costs more to refine into gasoline .