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- [muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah-]
- /ˌmʌs kəˈveɪ doʊ, -ˈvɑ-/
- /ˌmʌ.skə.ˈvɑː.dəʊ/
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- [muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah-]
- /ˌmʌs kəˈveɪ doʊ, -ˈvɑ-/
Definitions of muscovado word
- noun muscovado raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. 1
- noun muscovado An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses. 1
- noun muscovado raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses 0
- noun muscovado the dark raw sugar that remains after the molasses has been extracted from the juice of the sugar cane 0
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Origin of muscovado
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Muscovado
noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
muscovado popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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