massecuite

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noun

A suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.

OriginFrench masse cuite →
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Meanings

nounmassecuite (countable and uncountable, plural massecuites)

plural massecuites

  1. countableuncountableA suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.

    Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.

    2011, H. Panda, The Complete Book on Sugarcane Processing and By-Products of Molasses

Origin

  1. Frenchmasse cuite“cooked mass”
  2. Englishmassecuite

From French masse cuite (“cooked mass”).

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APA

massecuite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massecuite

MLA

“massecuite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massecuite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “massecuite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massecuite.

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