Melasse — meaning in English

English meaning

• molasses noun A dark, thick, sweet syrup made from sugar cane.
• treacle noun (chiefly British) A thick, dark syrup made in sugar refining; molasses.

Senses

Melasse is used for these senses in English:

• molasses A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
• treacle (chiefly, UK, Irish) A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.

molasses — full definition

1. noun A dark, thick, sweet syrup made from sugar cane.
2. noun A thick sweet syrup made by boiling down fruit juice or tree sap, such as maple syrup.
3. noun Anything seen as sweet in a figurative sense, especially words that sound sweet.
4. noun (figurative) Something that moves very slowly.

treacle — full definition

1. noun (chiefly British) A thick, dark syrup made in sugar refining; molasses.
2. noun Speech or sentiment that is cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

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