Molasses

Word MOLASSES
Character 8
Hyphenation mo las ses
Pronunciations [məˈlæ.sɪz]

Definitions and meanings of "Molasses"

What do we mean by molasses?

A thick syrup produced in refining raw sugar and ranging from light to dark brown in color. 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. 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. noun

A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar. noun

Plural form of molasse. noun

Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining noun

A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Molasses

The word "molasses" in example sentences

The proportion of soda to molasses that can usually be relied on for hot breads and cakes is _1 teaspoonful of soda to 1 cupful of molasses_, or just twice the quantity of soda that is generally used with sour milk. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

A molasses known as _sorghum molasses_ is made by boiling the sap of sorghum, which is a stout cereal grass, but this variety is seldom found on the general market, it being used locally where it is manufactured. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

'O master,' he said, 'we have laid by great wealth in molasses and sugar and flour, but our shack is yet mean, our clothes thin, and our sleeping furs mangy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Each character is finely defined and the secrets that they keep from each other come out as slowly as the molasses comes from the jar in the winter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Pomegranate molasses is pomegranate juice that has been boiled down to an intensely flavored syrup. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

Blackstrap molasses is the darkest, thickest and least sweet of the types of molasses and is the result of the third and final boiling of the sugar cane juice. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dark molasses is sometimes called “robust molasses,” as well. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The most widely available molasses is sugar cane molasses because it is often used in baking. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dark molasses is the liquid resulting from the second boiling of the sugar can juice. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As you try to track them it feels like the camera is moving in molasses and it becomes difficult to dispatch them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Specifically, molasses is the concentrated cane syrup or beet syrup leftover when sugar crystals are extracted. ❋ Unknown (2008)

My cold dark place is where my every action or thought is like swimming in molasses and monotony rules supreme. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Beat in molasses, egg, and vinegar until combined. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Needless to say, any time anyone in or around Boston so much as mentioned the word molasses after all that they were met with dirty looks, the gnashing of teeth, and the occasional shake of a fist in the air coupled with the fistshaker in question saying the word molasses out loud with marked disdain. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But because molasses is heavier than gasoline, it would sink to the lowest part of the tank, where the fuel filter usually is, and gum it up, thereby stopping fuel from getting to the engine and disabling the car a couple miles down the road. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Gotta agree with Jennifer on this one, pomegranate molasses is great on just about anything. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The movie moves like a turtle trapped in molasses, with very little actually happening in the course of the two and half hour running time. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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