The word is Portugese 'Melaco' although part of the word came from Latin 'Mel' for honey
"thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining"
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Good question.... Molasses.
The noun molasses is a mass (non-count) noun, a word for a substance. Substances are expressed as some molasses, more molasses, a cup of molasses, two cups of molasses, bottles of molasses, etc.
That is the correct spelling of the word "molasses" (a thick sugar syrup).
Molasses comes from the Portuguese word melaço which comes from the Latin word mel meaning "honey".
"mole asses"
Molasses, treacle, sorghum...
The word molasses comes from the Portuguese word melaço, which comes from mel, the Portuguese word for "honey". The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the sugar cane or beet, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method of extraction.
Molasses is a dark, sweet syrup produced from sugar cane. When I was a little boy, a favorite treat was a hot buttered biscuit, with a little molasses poured over it.
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The word for a sugar byproduct is spelled "molasses".
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