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affination

affination noun: part of the traditional sugar refining process in which molasses is removed from sugar crystals by washing with a heavy syrup.

Noun

affination (uncountable)

  1. Part of the traditional sugar refining process in which molasses is removed from sugar crystals by washing with a heavy syrup

Questions about affination

What does affination mean?
Affination means part of the traditional sugar refining process in which molasses is removed from sugar crystals by washing with a heavy syrup.
What part of speech is affination?
Affination is a noun.

Words near affination in the dictionary

  1. affiling
  2. affimer
  3. affimers
  4. affinage
  5. affinal
  6. affination
  7. affine
  8. affine arithmetic
  9. affine combination
  10. affine combinations
  11. affine connection

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