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syrup
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syr·up also sir·up  (srp, sûr-)
n.
1. A thick, sweet, sticky liquid, consisting of a sugar base, natural or artificial flavorings, and water.
2. The juice of a fruit or plant boiled with sugar until thick and sticky.
3. A concentrated solution of sugar in water, often used as a vehicle for medicine.

[Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siropus, from Arabic arb, from ariba, to drink; see rb in Semitic roots.]

syrup [ˈsɪrəp]
n
1. (Cookery) a solution of sugar dissolved in water and often flavoured with fruit juice: used for sweetening fruit, etc.
2. (Cookery) any of various thick sweet liquids prepared for cooking or table use from molasses, sugars, etc.
3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) a liquid medicine containing a sugar solution for flavouring or preservation
4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) Brit slang a wig
vb (tr)
1. (Cookery) to bring to the consistency of syrup
2. (Cookery) to cover, fill, or sweeten with syrup Also sirup
[from Medieval Latin syrupus, from Arabic sharāb a drink, from shariba to drink: sense 4 from rhyming slang syrup of fig]
syrup-like  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.syrup - a thick sweet sticky liquidsyrup - a thick sweet sticky liquid          
sweetener, sweetening - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
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 molasses, sorghum - 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
Translations
syrup [ˈsɪrəp] N (Culin) → almíbar m, jarabe m (Med) → jarabe m

syrup [ˈsɪrəp] n
(= sweet liquid) → sirop m
in syrup → au sirop
peaches in syrup → des pêches au sirop
(British) (also golden syrup) → mélasse f raffinée
(= medicine) → sirop m cough syrup

syrup, (US also) sirup
nSirup m (also Med); (= preservative also)Saft m; syrup of figsFeigensaft m; fruit syrupFruchtsirup m; cough syrup (Med) → Hustensaft or -sirup m

syrup [ˈsɪrəp] nsciroppo
golden syrup (Brit) → melassa raffinata

syrup
n syrup [ˈsirəp, (American ) ˈsə:-]
1 water or the juice of fruits boiled with sugar and made thick and sticky. stroop عَصير مُرَكَّز، شَراب сироп sirup saft; sirup der Sirup σιρόπι jarabe; almíbar siirup شربت قند sokeriliemi sirop סִירוֹפ चाशनी sirup, otopina šećera szörp sirup síróp sciroppo シロップ 시럽 sirupas sīrups sirap siroop fruktsaft med sukker sok owocowy, syrop xarope sirop сироп sirup sirup sirup sockerlag น้ำผลไม้ผสมน้ำและต้มกับน้ำตาล şurup 果汁 сироп شربت xi rô, nước ngọt
2 a purified form of treacle. stroop دِبْس مُصَفّى петмез melasa melasse der Sirup μελάσα melaza siirup پاك كردن شهد siirappi mélasse סִירוֹפ भावुकतापूर्ण melasa szirup sirup melassi (þykkt síróp) melassa 糖みつ 당밀 sirupas sīrups air gula stroop sirup syrop xarope melasă rafinată очищенная патока melasa sladkorni sirup sirup sirap น้ำเชื่อม şeker şurubu 糖漿 патока شیرہ nước mật đường
adj syrupy
of, or like, syrup. stroperig شَرابي، مُتَعَلِّق بالشَّراب като сироп sirupovitý sirupagtig sirupartig σιροπιαστός, παχύρρευστος almibarado siirupine شربت مانند siirappimainen sirupeux סִירוֹפִּי चाशनी जैसा sirupast, ljepljiv szirupos seperti sirup sírópskenndur sciropposo みつ状の 시럽의 sirupo, kaip sirupas sīrupains; sīrupam līdzīgs seperti sirap stroperig sirupssøt/-aktig syropowaty xaroposo siropos сиропный sirupovitý sirupast sirupast sirapslik ที่เป็นน้ำเชื่อม şurup gibi 糖漿的 сиропоподібний شربت کی طرح thuộc, như xi rô 浆的

syrup شراب sirup saft Sirup σιρόπι jarabe siirappi sirop sirup sciroppo シロップ 시럽 siroop sirup syrop xarope сироп sirap น้ำเชื่อม şurup nước xi-rô 糖浆


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