Molasses

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * long sweetening, treacle

Derived terms

 * slow as molasses

Noun
molasses

Adjectives for Molasses
dark; sorghum; fermented; tasty; rubber-like.

Thesaurus
adherent, adhesive, albumen, ambrosia, artificial sweetener, barnacle, batter, blackstrap, bonnyclabber, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, cement, clabber, clover honey, comb honey, corn syrup, cornstarch, cream, curd, cyclamates, decal, decalcomania, dough, edulcoration, egg white, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, jam, jell, jelly, leech, limpet, loblolly, maple syrup, mucilage, mucus, nectar, pap, paste, plaster, porridge, prickle, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, remora, rob, saccharification, saccharin, semifluid, semiliquid, size, sodium cyclamate, sorghum, soup, starch, sticker, sticky mess, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetener, sweetening, sweets, syrup, thorn, treacle

Etymology
mélasse or melaço compare Spanish melaza <  mellaceus "honeylike", "honey-sweet" <  mel, mellis, "honey". See mellifluous and compare melasses.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: melasse
 * Asturian:
 * Breton:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: melaso
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 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: דבשה (divsha)
 * Hungarian: melasz
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 糖蜜 (とうみつ, tōmitsu)
 * Korean: 당밀
 * Manx:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: melaço
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 * Swedish: melass
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