molasses : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: molasses	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for molasses
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
molasses n thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molasses \Mo*las"ses\, n. [F. m[82]lasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg. mela[87]o, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel, mellis, honey. See {Mellifluous}, and cf. {Melasses}.] 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}.