molasses

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

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.
2. (US, uncountable, usually) Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
5. (Scotland, form-of, obsolete, plural, uncountable, usually) plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
6. (Scotland, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually) Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of molass

molasse

A shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

melassa

àrac

Sinònims

treacle

syrup

brown sugar

bee

🐝

sorghum

spoiled

overripe

golden syrup

honey bee

Traduccions

Melasse

mélasse

melaza

melassa

melaço

melasse

Sirup

دبس

melazas

stroop

melas

μελάσσα

melasso

arack

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[məˈlæ.sɪz]

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.