MOLASSES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does molasses mean? 

• MOLASSES (noun)
  The noun MOLASSES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MOLASSES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLASSES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("molasses" is a kind of...):

sirup; syrup (a thick sweet sticky liquid)

 Context examples 

Don't try too many messes, Jo, for you can't make anything but gingerbread and molasses candy fit to eat.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

This species is motile, sporulating and produces acetone, butanol and ethanol in fermentation systems using maize mash, molasses, and other feedstocks.

(Clostridium acetobutylicum, NCI Thesaurus)