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How to pronounce “molasses

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Pronunciation guide for molasses

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of molasses with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Why it's too hard to start a business in Africa -- and how to change itIt's like swimming through molasses.
Definition summary
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.

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How to pronounce molasses

Why it's too hard to start a business in Africa -- and how to change it

It's like swimming through molasses.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “molasses

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
  • (US) Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
  • (figuratively) Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
  • (figuratively) Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
  • (Scotland, obsolete) plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
  • (Scotland, rare, obsolete) Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.
  • [Verb]
  • (obsolete) third-person singular simple present indicative of molass

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