'Molasses' definitions:
Definition of 'molasses'
(from WordNet)
noun
Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
Definition of 'Molasses'
From: GCIDE
- Molasses \Mo*las"ses\, n. [F. m['e]lasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg. mela[,c]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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'molasses'
From: Moby 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