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molasses¹

  • /məˈlæsɪz/ US
  • [məˈlæsɪz] US
  • [mɵˈlæsɪz] US
  • /məʊˈlasɪz/ UK
  • /məˈlasɪz/ UK
  • [məˈlæsɪz] UK
  • /məˈlasɪz/

Rhymes with -æsɪz

Where it comes from

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.

noun molass · mollasses · malasses · merlaasses · molassey · molassy

  1. uncountable, usually A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses. Well, we had our breakfast of ship's bread and molasses, washed down with cannikins of something liquid - but not lovely.
  2. US, uncountable, usually Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup. Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses.
  3. figuratively, uncountable, usually Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words. He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.

    Similar: sugar and honey

  4. figuratively, uncountable, usually Something which moves or works extremely slowly. Though faster than typing, the daisy wheel is molasses compared to dot matrix printers.
  5. Scotland, obsolete, plural, uncountable, usually plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
  6. Scotland, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.

    Similar: molass

Similar: long sweetening, treacle, theriac, sorghum syrup, cane syrup

verb mollasses · malasses · merlaasses · molassey · molassy · melasus

  1. indicative, obsolete, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of molass

molasses²

  • /məˈlæsɪz/ US
  • /məˈlɑsɪz/ US
  • /məʊlasɪz/ UK
  • /məˈlasɪz/ UK

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. plural plural of molasse

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: treacle, syrups, black treacle, syrup, sirup, blackstrap, blackstrap molasses, sweetener, cane syrup, sorghum syrup, sugar syrup, golden syrup, melado, melasses, molass, muscavado

noun

Similar: long sweetening, treacle, theriac, sorghum syrup, cane syrup

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noun thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane

Españolmelaza
한국어당밀 dangmil
日本語糖蜜 tōmitsu
中文糖蜜 tángmì
Portuguêsmelaço, mel de cana, mel de engenho
Françaismélasse
DeutschMelasse, Sirup
Italianomelassa
Ελληνικάμελάσσα melássa
Românămelasă
Русскиймела́сса melássa, па́тока pátoka, чёрная па́тока čórnaja pátoka
Tiếng Việtrỉ mật, rỉ đường
العربيةدِبْس dibs, عَسَل أَسْوَد ʕasal ʔaswad
עבריתדבשה divsha

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@misc{molasses_2026,
  title = {molasses},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/molasses},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}