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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thick sweet sticky liquid
Synonyms:
sirup; syrup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("syrup" is a kind of...):
sweetener; sweetening (something added to foods to make them taste sweeter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syrup"):
sugar syrup (sugar and water and sometimes corn syrup boiled together; used as sweetening especially in drinks)
molasses (thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining)
sorghum; sorghum molasses (made from juice of sweet sorghum)
golden syrup; treacle (a pale cane syrup)
grenadine (thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks)
maple syrup (made by concentrating sap from sugar maples)
corn syrup (syrup prepared from corn)
