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molasse

UK/məˈlæs/

molasse noun: a shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.

Noun

molasse (countable and uncountable, plural molasses)

  1. A shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.
    • The molasse provides a record of the wearing down of the Alpine range at a late stage; unlike the Flysch, it is largely non-marine.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 109

molasse meaning in Tamil

molasse in Tamil

சருக்கரைபாகு வண்டல்

Forms of molasse

pluralmolasses

Origin of molasse

From French molasse, a kind of sandstone, from Latin mollis (“soft”).

Words formed from molasse

Questions about molasse

What does molasse mean?
Molasse means a shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.
What is molasse in Tamil?
Molasse in Tamil is சருக்கரைபாகு வண்டல். See Molasse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is molasse?
Molasse is a noun.
How do you pronounce molasse?
Molasse is pronounced /məˈlæs/ (UK).
What is the plural of molasse?
The plural of molasse is molasses.

Words near molasse in the dictionary

  1. molars
  2. molary
  3. molas
  4. molases
  5. molass
  6. molasse
  7. molassed
  8. molassers
  9. molasses
  10. molasses cane
  11. molasses canes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: molasse (page history and authors); molasse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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