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syrup

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun syrup has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

syrupn. [F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo, Sp. jarabe, jarope, LL. siruppus, syrupus), fr. Ar. sharāb a drink, wine, coffee, sirup. Cf. Sherbet.].
  •  A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.  [1913 Webster]
    "Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon."  [1913 Webster]
Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.
syrupn. [See Sirup.].

OXFORD DICTIONARY

syrup, n. (US sirup)
1 a a sweet sauce made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used for preserving fruit etc. b a similar sauce of a specified flavour as a drink, medicine, etc. (rose-hip syrup).
2 condensed sugar-cane juice; part of this remaining uncrystallized at various stages of refining; molasses, treacle.
3 excessive sweetness of style or manner.

Derivative
syrupy adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF sirop or med.L siropus f. Arab. sarab beverage: cf. SHERBET, SHRUB(2)

THESAURUS

syrup

adherent, adhesive, albumen, ambrosia, artificial sweetener, balm, balsam, barnacle, batter, blackstrap, bonnyclabber, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, cement, clabber, clover honey, comb honey, corn syrup, cornstarch, cream, curd, cyclamates, decal, decalcomania, dough, drops, drug, edulcoration, egg white, electuary, elixir, ethical drug, gaum, gel, gelatin, generic name, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, herbs, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, inhalant, jam, jell, jelly, leech, limpet, lincture, linctus, loblolly, maple syrup, materia medica, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, mixture, molasses, mucilage, mucus, nectar, nonprescription drug, officinal, pap, paste, patent medicine, pharmacon, physic, plaster, porridge, powder, preparation, prescription drug, prickle, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, remora, rob, saccharification, saccharin, semifluid, semiliquid, simples, size, sodium cyclamate, sorghum, soup, starch, sticker, sticky mess, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetener, sweetening, sweets, theraputant, thorn, tisane, treacle, vegetable remedies

ROGET THESAURUS

syrup

Sweetness

N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.

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