Molasses
noun
A dark, sweet, sticky liquid that is made from sugar cane or sugar beet.
We used molasses in the recipe to add a rich, sweet flavor.
Often appears as...
- blackstrap molasses
- molasses cookies
noun
Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Bureaucracy can slow progress like molasses in January.
Often appears as...
- slow as molasses
- molasses in january
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noun
A dark, sweet, sticky liquid that is made from sugar cane or sugar beet.
We used molasses in the recipe to add a rich, sweet flavor.
Often appears as...
- blackstrap molasses
- molasses cookies
noun
Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Bureaucracy can slow progress like molasses in January.
Often appears as...
- slow as molasses
- molasses in january
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Sweetener
Molasses is commonly used in cooking and baking as a natural sweetener, with a distinct flavor.
The recipe calls for a cup of molasses for a deep caramel taste.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinct Flavor
Molasses adds a unique, rich taste that is different from plain sugar, often described as earthy or spicy.
The molasses in the barbecue sauce added a unique twist.
Pro Tip 3/3Viscous Texture
Molasses has a thick, syrupy consistency, which can change the texture of food.
The molasses made the cookie dough very sticky.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Sweetener
Molasses is commonly used in cooking and baking as a natural sweetener, with a distinct flavor.
The recipe calls for a cup of molasses for a deep caramel taste.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinct Flavor
Molasses adds a unique, rich taste that is different from plain sugar, often described as earthy or spicy.
The molasses in the barbecue sauce added a unique twist.
Pro Tip 3/3Viscous Texture
Molasses has a thick, syrupy consistency, which can change the texture of food.
The molasses made the cookie dough very sticky.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Sweetener
Molasses is commonly used in cooking and baking as a natural sweetener, with a distinct flavor.
The recipe calls for a cup of molasses for a deep caramel taste.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinct Flavor
Molasses adds a unique, rich taste that is different from plain sugar, often described as earthy or spicy.
The molasses in the barbecue sauce added a unique twist.
Pro Tip 3/3Viscous Texture
Molasses has a thick, syrupy consistency, which can change the texture of food.
The molasses made the cookie dough very sticky.
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Meanwhile, sperm live in a low Reynolds number world. If a sperm were to stop flapping its tail, it wouldn't even coast past a single atom. To imagine what it would feel like to be a sperm, you need to bring yourself down to its Reynolds number. Picture yourself in a tub of molasses with your arms moving
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What is the coldest...
A total of six beams, in a perpendicular arrangement, ensure that atoms traveling in all directions will be intercepted. At the center, where the beams intersect, the atoms move sluggishly, as if trapped in a thick liquid — an effect the researchers who invented it described as “optical molasses.”
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What does your time feel...
something interesting those who had perceived a high level of day-to-day stress in the past but not currently felt that the last decade had passed in a flash so I find it fascinating that although the workday grind may feel slower than molasses in January will one day look back when we're older or
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What's in Peanut Butter?...
that's not in here that makes for such a huge difference in texture well this just has peanuts and salt we knew that and this has peanuts in salt too but there's a bunch of other stuff in here first on that list is sugar and that's in there mostly for flavor there's also 2% or less of molasses
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Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
they're actually having to cut the sickle Bush trees with molasses to try and get the elephant's to to feed on them because there were so many of them around and even though they're incredibly good plants for the environment I was also talking about how they've got nitrogen fixing nodes on
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Small-business solutions...
that's why we can't run business this is a swimming through molasses so today today so what can you do about that you know I told you today but someone said to me words had marked me the words wear it if I explain the same thing to my employees in Senegal and one of them
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Why it's too hard to...
The fact that we are stifled with the most nonsensical laws out there. That's why we can't run businesses. It's like swimming through molasses. So, what can you do about that? I told you today that someone said to me words that marked me,
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Discovering Rare Bat...
that that is amazing okay first i think there's another one and there's several all right this is great this is one of our unknown uh-huh there are more molasses using these techniques the
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Innovative and cost...
local materials not important and I produce these products from local materials starting from Kota molasses chicken ovens the intestines the crooks
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Where are the Pistols? PIPE...
, good to meet you. I did not come here for tea, and I prefer molasses, not honey. Captain Wale did confirm your ties to the company.
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Human sperm vs. the...
Meanwhile, sperm live in a low Reynolds number world. If a sperm were to stop flapping its tail, it wouldn't even coast past a single atom. To imagine what it would feel like to be a sperm, you need to bring yourself down to its Reynolds number. Picture yourself in a tub of molasses with your arms moving
Video examples
What is the coldest...
A total of six beams, in a perpendicular arrangement, ensure that atoms traveling in all directions will be intercepted. At the center, where the beams intersect, the atoms move sluggishly, as if trapped in a thick liquid — an effect the researchers who invented it described as “optical molasses.”
Video examples
What does your time feel...
something interesting those who had perceived a high level of day-to-day stress in the past but not currently felt that the last decade had passed in a flash so I find it fascinating that although the workday grind may feel slower than molasses in January will one day look back when we're older or
Video examples
What's in Peanut Butter?...
that's not in here that makes for such a huge difference in texture well this just has peanuts and salt we knew that and this has peanuts in salt too but there's a bunch of other stuff in here first on that list is sugar and that's in there mostly for flavor there's also 2% or less of molasses
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
they're actually having to cut the sickle Bush trees with molasses to try and get the elephant's to to feed on them because there were so many of them around and even though they're incredibly good plants for the environment I was also talking about how they've got nitrogen fixing nodes on
Video examples
Small-business solutions...
that's why we can't run business this is a swimming through molasses so today today so what can you do about that you know I told you today but someone said to me words had marked me the words wear it if I explain the same thing to my employees in Senegal and one of them
Video examples
Why it's too hard to...
The fact that we are stifled with the most nonsensical laws out there. That's why we can't run businesses. It's like swimming through molasses. So, what can you do about that? I told you today that someone said to me words that marked me,
Video examples
Discovering Rare Bat...
that that is amazing okay first i think there's another one and there's several all right this is great this is one of our unknown uh-huh there are more molasses using these techniques the
Video examples
Innovative and cost...
local materials not important and I produce these products from local materials starting from Kota molasses chicken ovens the intestines the crooks
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Where are the Pistols? PIPE...
, good to meet you. I did not come here for tea, and I prefer molasses, not honey. Captain Wale did confirm your ties to the company.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.
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Mary Balogh
Welsh Novelist
I think I wrote 'The Trysting Place' in about three weeks. But it was inexperience that made me have to do that. I didn't feel good about the book all the time I was writing it. It felt a bit like wading through molasses.
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Brian Azzarello
American Writer
Hollywood, they love everything, but they move like molasses. They'll option anything - the worst idea in the world will get optioned just because they want to keep the other person from getting that idea.
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Orville Redenbacher
American Businessman
We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Pomegranate molasses is ubiquitous in Arabic cooking: it's sweet, sour and adds depth.
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Tracy Morgan
American Actor
Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.
Quote examples
Mary Balogh
Welsh Novelist
I think I wrote 'The Trysting Place' in about three weeks. But it was inexperience that made me have to do that. I didn't feel good about the book all the time I was writing it. It felt a bit like wading through molasses.
Quote examples
Brian Azzarello
American Writer
Hollywood, they love everything, but they move like molasses. They'll option anything - the worst idea in the world will get optioned just because they want to keep the other person from getting that idea.
Quote examples
Orville Redenbacher
American Businessman
We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Pomegranate molasses is ubiquitous in Arabic cooking: it's sweet, sour and adds depth.
Quote examples
Tracy Morgan
American Actor
Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.
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