syrup
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈsɪrəp/
- Locally produced maple syrup was sold at every store visited for this research.
- maple syrup
- fructose syrup
- corn syrup
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Watch on YouTubeSucrose is in bags, high fructose corn syrup is in barrels.
- Sucrose is in bags, high fructose corn syrup is in barrels.
- No smoking, no high fructose corn syrup, no sugar.
- It is a mini pancake with syrup and icing sugar.
- Or biscuits and syrup, maybe biscuits and gravy.
- No, but chocolate syrup, man, I do love you some.
- I've got a Grande ice latte, non fat milk caramel syrup, iced taste that.
- I totally forgot that I have date syrup ingredients, dates.
Examples
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A huge pile of pancakes - with tons of syrup, I mean, just soaked.
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"I brought home some chocolate ice cream, syrup, and some whipped cream in a squirt can."
Fiction book (1993) -
I mean, it's not as good as syrup, but it's the next best thing.
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I want more syrup on mine.
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Let's start with just the syrup and the butter.
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I'd like, uh, ice-cream soda... ..with extra chocolate syrup.
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Now this beautiful strawberry syrup with strawberries floating around.
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Chocolate syrup, cold milk.
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Pancakes and syrup.
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I poured sweet syrup over my pancakes for breakfast.
Synonyms
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A sweet thick syrup made from maple tree sap used as a topping for pancakes and waffles
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5.1
A thick dark sweet liquid made by boiling sugar cane or beet juice
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2.3
A sweet thick liquid made from corn that you use to make food sweeter and thicker
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7.3
A thick sweet syrup made from sugar used on porridge or in baking
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4.0
A sweet syrup made from the juice of a desert plant used to sweeten food and drinks
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1.0
A sweet, thick chocolate sauce for pouring on desserts and mixing into drinks
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1.8
A sweet liquid made by boiling sugar and water
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3.4
A thick light brown syrup made from sugar for cakes and pancakes
A thick, sweet, sticky liquid used to sweeten food and drinks
A short form on prescriptions showing the medicine is a syrup
A sweet liquid made from water and sugar used to moisten cakes and pastries
A thick sweet syrup made from the juice of a tall plant like corn used like sugar
A thick sweet syrup people use on pancakes and waffles in Dutch cooking
Compounds
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A sweet thick syrup made from maple tree sap used as a topping for pancakes and waffles
- US
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2.3
A sweet thick liquid made from corn that you use to make food sweeter and thicker
- Specialized
A rare inherited illness that makes urine smell like maple syrup and can cause brain damage or death in babies
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Etymology
Syrup comes from the Arabic word sharab, which means 'a drink', and it entered English through French and Latin. A helpful way to remember this is to think of sherbet, a sweet drink with the same origin, so syrup is a sweet, thick liquid used to flavor or sweeten food.