molasse

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French molasse, a kind of sandstone, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

molasse (plural molasses)

  1. (geology) A shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 109:
      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.

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Verb

molasse

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of molare

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