Syrup
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Syrup is a noun meaning Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
Meaning
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Any viscous liquid.
- (figurative) Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig.
- (transitive) To convert or process into syrup.
- (transitive) To add syrup to.
- (transitive) To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.
Example Sentences
pancake syrup
peaches in syrup
With jellies soother than the creamy curd, / And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; [...]
Eventually, he or his staunch public tired of his easy-listening syrup, so Price recorded gospel for the Myrrh label before semi-retiring to his Golden Cross Ranch in Texas.
Word Forms
- syrups
- syrop
- syruping
- syruped
Synonyms for syrup
Depending on context, synonyms include sirup.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sirup, grenadine, malt, sesame, bottle, maple.
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