syrup
- noun
- /ˈsɪrəp/
- Locally produced maple syrup was sold at every store visited for this research.
- maple syrup
- fructose syrup
- corn syrup
Sucrose 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
A sweet thick syrup made from maple tree sap used as a topping for pancakes and waffles
A thick dark sweet liquid made by boiling sugar cane or beet juice
A sweet thick liquid made from corn that you use to make food sweeter and thicker
A thick sweet syrup made from sugar used on porridge or in baking
A sweet syrup made from the juice of a desert plant used to sweeten food and drinks
A sweet, thick chocolate sauce for pouring on desserts and mixing into drinks
A sweet liquid made by boiling sugar and water
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
A sweet thick syrup made from maple tree sap used as a topping for pancakes and waffles
- US
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
How Thick
Surface Forms
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.