Blackstrap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blackstrap is a noun meaning The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
Meaning
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
- (obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
Example Sentences
No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.
Smoked over cherry and mesquite wood, and dried in a convection oven, it gets its flavors from organic blackstrap molasses, Jim Beam bourbon, and salt and pepper.
Word Forms
- blackstraps
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sugarhouse, pitch, blackwood, bleck, blackstuff, bistre.
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