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Syrup

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noun. A thick, sweet, sticky liquid, consisting of a sugar base, natural or artificial flavorings, and water.

noun. A thick, sugary liquid made by boiling down or otherwise concentrating plant sap, juice, or grain extracts.

noun. A concentrated solution of sugar in water, often used as a vehicle for medicine.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To sweeten with syrup; cover or mix with a syrup.

noun. In cookery, a boiled solution of sugar and water in which fruits are often cooked.

noun. In medicine, a solution of sugar in water, made according to an officinal formula, whether simple, flavored, or medicated with some special therapeutic or compound.

noun. The uncrystallizable fluid finally separated from crystallized sugar in the refining process, either by the draining of sugar in loaves, or by being forcibly ejected by the centrifugal apparatus in preparing moist sugar.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adjective. Same as sirup, sirupy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. Any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring and has a high sugar content. Also any viscous liquid.

noun. A wig.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. a thick sweet sticky liquid

Word Usage

"The picture isn't great (looks like the syrup is all over the place) but Nena and her parents loved the course."

cross-reference

compound syrup compound syrup of licorice compound syrup of sarsaparilla compound syrup of squill dutch syrup

Equivalent

syrupy

Form

glucose syrup golden syrup maple syrup palm syrup simple syrup

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sweetener sweetening

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

corn syrup golden syrup grenadine maple syrup molasses

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

stirrup

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

biscuit brandy chocolate cider cocoa

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

adherent adhesive albumen ambrosia artificial sweetener

variant

sirup sirupy

verb-form

syruped syrupped syrups