syrup Definition
syrup (sʉr′əp, sir′-)
noun
any sweet, thick liquid; specif.,
- a solution of sugar and water boiled together, to which flavoring is often added
- any solution of sugar used in pharmacy as a vehicle for medicines
- the sweet, thick liquid obtained in the process of manufacturing cane sugar or glucose
- maple syrup, corn syrup, etc.
Etymology: ME sirupe < OFr sirop < ML sirupus < Ar sharāb, a drink < shariba, to drink
syrup Synonyms
syrup
n.
syrup Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pour: No Im not talking about pouring syrup on your monitor!
- flavor: For a real indulgence prepare a sugar syrup flavored with white wine.
- boil: Climb the steps of the 17th-century fort and view the holes down which boiling date syrup was poured on attacking forces.
- add: Add sufficient sugar syrup to dry ingredients to make a stiff dough.
Adjective modifier
- golden: What to do Put three cans of golden syrup in the white bucket.
- balsamic: The other garnish we used was balsamic vinegar syrup.
- sticky: I'm a young boy feasting on pancakes dripping in sticky maple syrup.
- thick: Thick syrup in the form of two pounds of sugar per pint of water, must be fed.
- sweet: The color is deep amber and the aroma very sweet, like syrup of figs, with an attractive light oily note.
- brown: We propose that the crucial mineral added to the murky brown syrup to help produce the crystalline sugar was fine-grained calcite.
Modifies a noun
- sponge: Ms Ginger Cake's meal was a great mix of Jamaican and other food and we finished with a most praiseworthy syrup sponge.
- mixture: Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in a little water and add to the melted golden syrup mixture.
Noun used with modifier
- maple: Then sprinkle the brown sugar, or maple syrup, over them too.
- gomme: Detroit Martini 6cl vodka 2cl gomme syrup 6 fresh mint leaves Place all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
- fructose: High fructose corn syrup is made from genetically modified corn treated with genetically modified enzymes.
- high-fructose: One of the most lucrative tricks of the trade is the use of high-fructose corn syrup.
- glucose: In the food industry, enzymes are mainly used for: Producing glucose syrup by breaking down starch.
- corn: Corn syrup in formulas can also cause a problem.
Preposition: in
saucepan: Melt the fat and syrup in a saucepan but don't allow it to become hot.
Preposition: of
fig: All good parents made sure their children were ' regular ' with a weekly dose of syrup of figs.
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