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massecuite

massecuite noun: a suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.

Noun

massecuite (countable and uncountable, plural massecuites)

  1. A suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.
    • Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.2011, H. Panda, The Complete Book on Sugarcane Processing and By-Products of Molasses

Forms of massecuite

pluralmassecuites

Origin of massecuite

From French masse cuite (“cooked mass”).

Questions about massecuite

What does massecuite mean?
Massecuite means a suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.
What part of speech is massecuite?
Massecuite is a noun.
What is the plural of massecuite?
The plural of massecuite is massecuites.

Words near massecuite in the dictionary

  1. masse
  2. massebah
  3. massebahs
  4. massebot
  5. masseboth
  6. massecuite
  7. massecuites
  8. massed
  9. massedness
  10. Massena
  11. Massenburg

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