muscovado

[ muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah- ]

/ ˌmʌs kəˈveɪ doʊ, -ˈvɑ- /

noun

raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.

Also muscavado.

Origin of muscovado

1635–45; (<Spanish (azúcar) mascabado) <Portuguese (açúcar) mascavado, past participle of mascavar to separate raw sugar, earlier meoscabar, reduced form of menoscabar to belittle, detract from, cognate with Spanish menoscabar to diminish, reduce <Vulgar Latin *minuscapāre, equivalent to Latin minus smaller, less (see minus) + Vulgar Latin *-capāre, derivative of *capum, for Latin caput head; cf. achieve, mischief

Words nearby muscovado

muscles of head, muscles of mastication, muscle spasm, muscle spindle, muscone, muscovado, Muscovite, Muscovy, Muscovy duck, muscular, muscular anesthesia

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Example sentences from the Web for muscovado

It was variously known as "Muscovado" sugar, or as "plantation sugar," sometimes as "coffee" or "coffee crushed."
Cuba, Old and New|Albert Gardner Robinson
At this ingenio, they make only the Muscovado, or brown sugar.
To Cuba and Back|Richard Henry Dana
Muscovado, or raw sugar, with lime water, are the usual ingredients of this colouring matter.
The American Practical Brewer and Tanner|Joseph Coppinger
In a good season it produces from fifty to sixty thousand hogsheads of muscovado sugar of the best quality.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917|Various

The solid portion of the product forms moist, raw, or muscovado sugar; the uncrystallisable syrup, molasses or treacle.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for muscovado

muscovado

muscavado

/ (ˌmʌskəˈvɑːdəʊ) /

noun

raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses

Word Origin for muscovado

C17: from Portuguese açúcar mascavado separated sugar; mascavado from mascavar to separate, probably from Latin

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单词	muscovado
释义	muscovado [ muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah- ] / ˌmʌs kəˈveɪ doʊ, -ˈvɑ- / noun raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Also muscavado. Origin of muscovado 1635–45; (<Spanish (azúcar) mascabado) <Portuguese (açúcar) mascavado, past participle of mascavar to separate raw sugar, earlier meoscabar, reduced form of menoscabar to belittle, detract from, cognate with Spanish menoscabar to diminish, reduce <Vulgar Latin minuscapāre, equivalent to Latin minus smaller, less (see minus) + Vulgar Latin -capāre, derivative of *capum, for Latin caput head; cf. achieve, mischief Words nearby muscovado muscles of head, muscles of mastication, muscle spasm, muscle spindle, muscone, muscovado, Muscovite, Muscovy, Muscovy duck, muscular, muscular anesthesia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for muscovado It was variously known as "Muscovado" sugar, or as "plantation sugar," sometimes as "coffee" or "coffee crushed." Cuba, Old and New\|Albert Gardner Robinson At this ingenio, they make only the Muscovado, or brown sugar. To Cuba and Back\|Richard Henry Dana Muscovado, or raw sugar, with lime water, are the usual ingredients of this colouring matter. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner\|Joseph Coppinger In a good season it produces from fifty to sixty thousand hogsheads of muscovado sugar of the best quality. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917\|Various The solid portion of the product forms moist, raw, or muscovado sugar; the uncrystallisable syrup, molasses or treacle. Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II\|Arnold Cooley British Dictionary definitions for muscovado muscovado muscavado / (ˌmʌskəˈvɑːdəʊ) / noun raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses Word Origin for muscovado C17: from Portuguese açúcar mascavado separated sugar; mascavado from mascavar to separate, probably from Latin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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