molasses

About 1.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
2. noun Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
3. noun Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.

   He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.

4. noun Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
5. noun plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
6. noun Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
7. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of molass
8. noun plural of molasse

Similar words

treacle syrups black treacle syrup sirup blackstrap blackstrap molasses sweetener cane syrup sorghum syrup

Often followed by

and is in act or to from was for

Word family

molasseses