English Explanatory Dictionary

muscovado

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses.

Word forms

muscovado muscovados muscovadoes

Etymology

Corrupted from Spanish mascabado or Portuguese mascavado, from the verb mascavar, a corrupted form of menoscabar (“to despise”).

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