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==English==

====Noun====
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# A [[thick]] [[brown]]ish [[syrup]] produced in the [[refining]] of [[raw]] [[sugar]].

====Synonyms====
* [[long sweetening]], [[treacle]]

====Derived terms====
* [[slow as molasses]]

====Noun====
'''molasses'''
# {{plural of|molasse}}

===Adjectives for Molasses===

dark; sorghum; fermented; tasty; rubber-like.

===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]]

===Etymology===
{{etyl|fr}} ''[[mélasse]]'' or {{etyl|pt}} ''[[melaço]]'' compare Spanish ''[[melaza]]'' < {{etyl|LL.}} ''[[mellaceus]]'' "honeylike", "honey-sweet" < {{etyl|la}} ''[[mel]]'', ''[[mellis]]'', "honey". See ''[[mellifluous]]'' and compare ''[[melasses]]''.

==Translations==
====Noun====
{{trans-top|thick brownish syrup refined from raw sugar}}
* [[Afrikaans]]: [[melasse]]
* [[Asturian]]: {{t-|ast|melaza|f|xs=Asturian}}
* [[Breton]]: {{t-|br|triakl|m|xs=Breton}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|melasse|f}}
* Esperanto: [[melaso]]
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|melassi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mélasse|f}}
* [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|melaza|f|xs=Galician}}
* German: {{t+|de|Melasse|f}}, {{t+|de|Sirup|m}}
* Hebrew: [[דבשה]] (divsha) {{f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|melasz}}
* Italian: {{t-|it|melassa|f}}
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* Japanese: [[糖蜜]] ([[とうみつ]], tōmitsu)
* Korean: {{t|ko|당밀|tr=dangmil|sc=Kore}}
* [[Manx]]: {{t-|gv|soo shugyr|xs=Manx}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|melasa|f}}
* Portuguese: [[melaço]] {{m}}
* [[Quechua]]: {{t-|qu|q'ita|xs=Quechua}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|меласса|f|tr=melássa}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|melaza|f}}
* Sranan: {{tø|srn|malasi}}
* Swedish: [[melass]] {{c}}
* [[Volapük]]: {{t-|vo|melat|xs=Volapük}}
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===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913|molasses}}
* {{R:Online Etymology Dictionary|molasses}}

[[Category:en:Sugars]]