molasses
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
molasses/məˈlasɪz/
▶noun
- 1 thick, dark brown juice obtained from raw sugar during the refining process.
- 2 N. Amer. golden syrup.
– origin C16: from Port. melaço, from late L. mellacium ‘must’, based on mel ‘honey’.
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