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語源

From French molasse, a kind of sandstone, from Latin mollis (“soft”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /məˈlæs/

名詞

molasse (countable and uncountable, 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, published 2011, page 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.

派生語

• molassic

アナグラム

• almoses, sesamol