melado

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noun

a mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained

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Meanings

nounmelado (countable and uncountable, plural melados or meladoes)

plural melados · plural meladoes · alternative melada

  1. countableuncountablea mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained

Origin

  1. Spanishmelado
  2. Englishmelado

From Spanish melado, from melar (“to sugar, to candy”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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