"molasses" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: [məˈlæ.sɪz] [General-American], [mɵˈlæ.sɪz] [General-American], [məˈlæ.sɪz] [Received-Pronunciation], /məʊˈlasɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈlasɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈlasɪz/ (note: Scots) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-molasses.wav [US] Forms: molass [singular]
Rhymes: -æsɪz Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|melaços}} Portuguese melaços, {{der|en|es|melazos}} Spanish melazos, {{der|en|LL.|mellacium||must, honey-sweet thing}} Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet thing”), {{m|la|mel||honey}} mel (“honey”), {{m|la|-āceus||-aceous}} -āceus (“-aceous”), {{m|la|-ium}} -ium, {{der|en|es|melaza}} Spanish melaza, {{der|en|fr|mélasse}} French mélasse, {{der|en|LL.|mellacea}} Late Latin mellacea, {{m|la|mel}} mel, {{m|la|-ācea}} -ācea Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} molasses
  1. A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages, Sauces, Sugars Translations (thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane): melasse (Afrikaans), دِبْس (dibs) [masculine] (Arabic), دبس (dibs) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), melaza [feminine] (Asturian), па́така (pátaka) [feminine] (Belarusian), мэля́са (meljása) [feminine] (Belarusian), triakl [masculine] (Breton), меласа (melasa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), melassa [feminine] (Catalan), 糖蜜 (tángmì) (Chinese Mandarin), melasa [feminine] (Czech), melasse [common-gender] (Danish), melasse [feminine] (Dutch), melaso (Esperanto), sukurvavstur [masculine] (Faroese), sukursiroppur [masculine] (Faroese), melassi (Finnish), mélasse [feminine] (French), melaza [feminine] (Galician), Melasse [feminine] (German), Sirup [masculine] (German), μελάσσα (melássa) [neuter, plural] (Greek), eíra (Guaraní), કાકવી (kākvī) (Gujarati), דבשה (divsha) [feminine] (Hebrew), melasz (Hungarian), melassa [feminine] (Italian), 糖蜜 (tōmitsu) (alt: とうみつ) (Japanese), 당밀 (dangmil) (alt: 糖蜜) (Korean), melasa [feminine] (Lithuanian), soo shugyr (Manx), mōrahihi (Maori), marahihi (Maori), celaqî (Northern Kurdish), melasse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), melasse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ملاس (Persian), melasa [feminine] (Polish), melaço [masculine] (Portuguese), q'ita (Quechua), мела́сса (melássa) [feminine] (Russian), па́тока (pátoka) [feminine] (Russian), чёрная па́тока (čórnaja pátoka) [feminine] (Russian), melaza [feminine] (Spanish), malasi (Sranan Tongo), melass [common-gender] (Swedish), pulot-tubo (Tagalog), melasa (Tagalog), బెల్లము (bellamu) (Telugu), กากน้ำตาล (gàak-náam-dtaan) (Thai), panit (Tocharian B), melas (Turkish), گلاب (Urdu), rỉ mật (Vietnamese), rỉ đường (Vietnamese), melat (Volapük), פּאַטיקע (patike) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-molasses-en-noun-IqweTsKn Disambiguation of Alcoholic beverages: 49 19 1 5 5 11 10 Disambiguation of Sauces: 34 30 2 5 5 13 11 Disambiguation of Sugars: 29 24 2 6 7 16 15 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 26 1 8 9 16 22 Disambiguation of 'thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane': 48 34 1 9 8
  2. (US) Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sauces, Sugars Hyponyms (any sweet concentrated syrup): maple syrup
    Sense id: en-molasses-en-noun-C68eaDPP Disambiguation of Sauces: 34 30 2 5 5 13 11 Disambiguation of Sugars: 29 24 2 6 7 16 15 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 26 1 8 9 16 22 Disambiguation of 'any sweet concentrated syrup': 36 50 8 3 3
  3. (figurative) Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually Synonyms (things considered figuratively sweet): sugar and honey
    Sense id: en-molasses-en-noun-QxY46g9v Disambiguation of 'things considered figuratively sweet': 13 15 67 3 2
  4. (Scotland, obsolete) plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses. Tags: Scotland, form-of, obsolete, plural, uncountable, usually Form of: molass (extra: whiskey made from molasses)
    Sense id: en-molasses-en-noun-TzgbswLI Categories (other): Scottish English
  5. (Scotland, rare, obsolete) Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses. Tags: Scotland, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually Synonyms: molass [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-molasses-en-noun-wzKsAvOM Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: mollasses, malasses, merlaasses, molassey, molassy, melasus, molassos, malassoes, malassos, molossus, melasses, mallassus, malosses, mellasses, milasses, molassers, molossoes, molossos, mullasses, molosses, melossus, mollossus, molossas, molases, mellosses, moloses, merlassers, millasses, molassisis Synonyms (concentrated sugarcane syrup): long sweetening, treacle, theriac, sorghum syrup, cane syrup Disambiguation of 'concentrated sugarcane syrup': 46 45 2 4 3 Derived forms: like molasses, like molasses in January, molasses acid, molasses ale, molasses barrel, molasses beer, molasses bird, molasses brandy, molasses cake, molasses candy, molasses cane, molasses cask, molasses cistern, molasses cookie, molasses face, molasses gate, molasses gingerbread, molasses grass, molasses hogshead, molasses house, molasses jug, molasseslike, molasses rum, molasses scone, molasses settlings, molasses spirit, molasses taffy, molasses tank, molasses tierce, molassied, molassy, pomegranate molasses, slow as molasses, slow as molasses in January, slower than molasses, slower than molasses in January, sorghum molasses, thick as molasses

Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈlæsɪz/ [General-American], /məˈlɑsɪz/ [General-American], /məʊlasɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈlasɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} molasses
  1. (geology) plural of molasse Tags: form-of, plural Form of: molasse Categories (topical): Geology, Sauces, Sugars
    Sense id: en-molasses-en-noun-niItD2TQ Disambiguation of Sauces: 34 30 2 5 5 13 11 Disambiguation of Sugars: 29 24 2 6 7 16 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 26 1 8 9 16 22 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: [məˈlæ.sɪz] [General-American], [mɵˈlæ.sɪz] [General-American], [məˈlæ.sɪz] [Received-Pronunciation], /məʊˈlasɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈlasɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈlasɪz/ (note: Scots) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-molasses.wav [US]
Rhymes: -æsɪz Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|melaços}} Portuguese melaços, {{der|en|es|melazos}} Spanish melazos, {{der|en|LL.|mellacium||must, honey-sweet thing}} Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet thing”), {{m|la|mel||honey}} mel (“honey”), {{m|la|-āceus||-aceous}} -āceus (“-aceous”), {{m|la|-ium}} -ium, {{der|en|es|melaza}} Spanish melaza, {{der|en|fr|mélasse}} French mélasse, {{der|en|LL.|mellacea}} Late Latin mellacea, {{m|la|mel}} mel, {{m|la|-ācea}} -ācea Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} molasses
  1. (obsolete) third-person singular simple present indicative of molass: becomes drunk from molass. Tags: form-of, indicative, obsolete, present, singular, third-person Form of: molass (extra: becomes drunk from molass) Categories (topical): Sauces, Sugars
    Sense id: en-molasses-en-verb-rCGRlgSE Disambiguation of Sauces: 34 30 2 5 5 13 11 Disambiguation of Sugars: 29 24 2 6 7 16 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 26 1 8 9 16 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: mollasses, malasses, merlaasses, molassey, molassy, melasus, molassos, malassoes, malassos, molossus, melasses, mallassus, malosses, mellasses, milasses, molassers, molossoes, molossos, mullasses, molosses, melossus, mollossus, molossas, molases, mellosses, moloses, merlassers, millasses, molassisis

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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dibs",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pátaka",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́така"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "meljása",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triakl"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "melasa",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "меласа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tángmì",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "糖蜜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "melasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "melaso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sukurvavstur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sukursiroppur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "melassi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mélasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Melasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sirup"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "melássa",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "μελάσσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "eíra"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kākvī",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "કાકવી"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "divsha",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "דבשה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "melasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melassa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうみつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōmitsu",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "糖蜜"
    },
    {
      "alt": "糖蜜",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dangmil",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "당밀"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "celaqî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "soo shugyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "mōrahihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "marahihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "melasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "melasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "ملاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "melaço"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "q'ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "melássa",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мела́сса"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pátoka",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́тока"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čórnaja pátoka",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чёрная па́тока"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "melaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "malasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "melass"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "pulot-tubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "melasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bellamu",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "బెల్లము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gàak-náam-dtaan",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "กากน้ำตาล"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "panit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "melas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "گلاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "rỉ mật"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "rỉ đường"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "word": "melat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "patike",
      "sense": "thick brownish syrup refined from sugarcane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פּאַטיקע"
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}

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      "word": "malasses"
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      "word": "merlaasses"
    },
    {
      "word": "molassey"
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      "word": "molassy"
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      "word": "melasus"
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      "word": "mellasses"
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      "word": "mullasses"
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