molasses
/məˈlæsɪz/
noun
- A thick, dark, sweet syrup that is a byproduct of refining sugar cane or sugar beets.
- In colonial times, molasses was a common sweetener and was also used to make rum.
- She added a spoonful of molasses to the cookie dough for extra sweetness.
- The recipe calls for molasses instead of honey to give the bread a richer flavor.
- Something that moves or flows very slowly; used in similes like 'slow as molasses'.
- The line at the DMV was slower than molasses in January.
- His computer was running like molasses after the update.
- The traffic on the highway was moving as slow as molasses this morning.
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