Definitions
thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Well, we had our breakfast of ship's bread and molasses, washed down with cannikins of something liquid - but not lovely.”
“Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses.”
“He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Thick dark syrup”8 letters
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