molasse

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈlæs/

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, 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.

• molassic

• almoses, sesamol

molasse f (plural molasses)

1. molasse

• “molasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

molasse

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of molare

• melasso, messola