Lexic.us

Definition of Molasses

1. Noun. Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining.

Definition of Molasses

1. n. 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.

Definition of Molasses

1. Noun. A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of molasse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Molasses

1. a thick syrup [n -LASSESES]

Medical Definition of Molasses

1. A brownish, syrupy by-product which is produced during the sugar refining procedure, i.e., crystallization of sucrose from sugar-cane or sugar beet. Molasses is primarily consist of sucrose, water and inorganic components. Because of its cheap price, it is commercial used as substrate for producing other microbial products. (10 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molasses

Literary usage of Molasses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The molasses in question was entered at the full value of sweet molasses. The plaintiffs demanded to have the damage appraised and allowed in the ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"EARLY in September of last year a sample of charred molasses was forwarded ... The molasses in question was boiled to what is known as "string proof," at a ..."

3. Annual Report by Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"The first recorded ration was used in 1830 and consisted of chopped straw and 220 pounds of molasses per day for 2000 sheep, 80 head cattle and 20 horses. ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"The exports of molasses and sugar from the West Indies to the United States, ... The imports of sugar have fluctuated more than those of molasses. ..."

5. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"New Orleans molasses.—The real New Orleans molasses is the product of the ... This natural separation of the molasses makes a product of exquisite ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"The exports of molasses and sugar from the West Indies to the United States, ... The imports of sugar have fluctuated more than those of molasses. ..."

7. Documentary Source Book of American History by William MacDonald (1916)
"molasses Act May 17/28, 1733 IN the exchange of fish, lumber and agricultural ... The molasses Act was to continue in force for five years; but it was five ..."

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