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Molasses - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Molasses : (noun)
1: thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar
cane; especially during sugar refining
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Molasses : \Mo*las"ses\, n. [F. m['e]lasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg.
mela[,c]o, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel,
mellis, honey. See Mellifluous, and cf. Melasses.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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