molasses

noun5

1. •
   A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.

   • Well, we had our breakfast of ship's bread and molasses, washed down with cannikins of something liquid - but not lovely. — 1907
2. •
   (US) Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.

   • Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses. — 1777
3. •
   (figurative) Something which moves or works extremely slowly.

   • Though faster than typing, the daisy wheel is molasses compared to dot matrix printers. — 1990
4. •
   (figurative) Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.

   • He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.
5. •
   (no longer used, rare) Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses.