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syrup

  • noun
  • syr·up
  • /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/

Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.

Example

“maple syrup”

Other meanings

  1. Any viscous liquid.

    “cough syrup”

  2. Anything overly sweet or sentimental.

A kind of

  • sweetener

Kinds of syrup

  • sugar syrup
  • sorghum
  • golden syrup
  • maple syrup
  • corn syrup
  • soaking syrup

Related words

  • syruper
  • syruplike
  • glucose syrup
  • golden syrup
  • maple syrup
  • palm syrup
  • simple syrup
  • sizzurp
  • syrup of figs
  • syrupy
  • bar syrup
  • Canadian as maple syrup

Example sentences

  • “I've never tried maple syrup.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “Is ketchup a syrup?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Arabic "شَرَاب" (a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “syrup” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.