molass
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The limestone is accompanied by a molass or a sort of breccia, consisting of gravel of quartz and schistose rocks cemented with asphalt."
- "The geological subsoil is either moraine and sandy molass or, rarely, clay-rich molass marl."
- "In molass basins, the molass formations indicate the variations of strain strength similar to those in foreland fold-thrust belt."
- "After a little time the molass is run out through an outlet made in the lower part of the apparatus."
- "Northbound molass quantities that were conveyed through the Suez Canal amounted this year to 2 075 000 tons, against 1 950 000 tons in 1993, registering an increase of 125 000 tons, equal to 6.4%."
- "Molass quality depends on the maturity of the sugarcane or sugar beet, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method of extraction."
Etymology
Back-formation from molasses.