treacle
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈtrikəl/
- UK
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- For dessert, she served warm pudding drizzled with treacle.
- treacle tart
- treacle pudding
I can appreciate measuring out treacle is not the easiest.
- I can appreciate measuring out treacle is not the easiest.
Examples
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Watch out for her treacle tart.
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Or...a leg of lamb with fresh mint from the garden what the frost hasn't killed, roast potatoes, carrots, and then...a lovely steam pudding with treacle poured all over it.
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The secret is to warm the treacle first.
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A gentleman put a piece of beef into treacle and turned it often.
Blog text (3) -
- I'd like a treacle pudding.
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I'm all tucked up in bed about to eat a treacle tart which looks absolutely amazing.
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A lamb chop, a treacle tart, a few pints of beer.
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Cherry pies, cream puffs, ice cream, treacle tarts.
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I rather liked it, finding the sweet, fruity, jammy treacle (a sugar syrup) a good match against the dense pastry.
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Steward, my Thursday midday meal has always been and will always be hot soup, fried sole, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, baked potatoes, suet pudding and treacle.
Synonyms
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1.0
Thick sweet liquid used to make food or drink taste better
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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
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Etymology
Treacle originally named a medicine used as an 'antidote' to poison, and it comes from the old word theriaca which meant 'antidote'. Because that medicine was often made with honey and other sweet things, people later used the same name for the thick, sweet syrup we call treacle today.