n. A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.
n. Plural form of molasse.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. 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.
n. The repellent fluid ejected from the mouths of grasshoppers and certain other insects when captured.
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n. thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
Word Usage
"'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."