Molasses

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  • noun. A thick syrup produced in refining raw sugar and ranging from light to dark brown in color.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The repellent fluid ejected from the mouths of grasshoppers and certain other insects when captured.
  • noun. The uncrystallized syrup produced in the manufacture of sugar. It properly differs from treacle in that it comes from sugar in the process of making, while treacle is obtained in the process of refining: but the two words are often used synonymously.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See treacle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.
  • noun. Plural form of molasse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
  • cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sirup  syrup  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Masses  asses  classes  gases  glasses  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    brandy  cider  cocoa  cornstarch  currant  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    treacle