Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thick, sweet, sticky liquid, consisting of a sugar base, natural or artificial flavorings, and water.
- noun A thick, sugary liquid made by boiling down or otherwise concentrating plant sap, juice, or grain extracts.
- noun A concentrated solution of sugar in water, often used as a vehicle for medicine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cookery, a boiled solution of sugar and water in which fruits are often cooked.
- To sweeten with syrup; cover or mix with a syrup.
- noun In medicine, a solution of sugar in water, made according to an officinal formula, whether simple, flavored, or medicated with some special therapeutic or compound.
- noun The uncrystallizable fluid finally separated from crystallized sugar in the refining process, either by the draining of sugar in loaves, or by being forcibly ejected by the centrifugal apparatus in preparing moist sugar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
sirup ,sirupy .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring and has a high
sugar content . Also any viscous liquid. - noun A
wig .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thick sweet sticky liquid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The picture isn't great (looks like the syrup is all over the place) but Nena and her parents loved the course.
Our Kitchen 2009
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The colours can seem vulgar, the sugar content too high for uninitiated palates – just two little balls of my favourite, gulab jamun (a fried sweet of milky dough bathed in syrup) can be as much as 380 calories.
How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010
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The reason the US has such a high use of corn syrup is that their Corn Farmers want protection against cheap import of sugar.
High-Fructose Corn Syrup “Prompts More Weight Gain” Than Sugar | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Bowl of peach chunks in syrup: The syrup overwhelmed the peachy goodness.
Tyler reviews hospital cuisine Tyler 2009
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And another reason for so much high frutcose corn syrup is not just the sugar tariff but corn subsidies that make it very cheap to load up on the stuff.
Brad DeLong's Health Care Prescription, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Then a prayer that the maple syrup is subtle enough not to kill it.
Buttermilk fried chicken waffles – impossible wine pairing? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Often, maple syrup is stored in the fridge, so consider this a quick reminder to take it out before you start to bake!
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In a medium saucepan, boil the sugar and water together until a syrup is formed.
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Maple syrup is used as a sweetener for these blondies, along with some sugar, and gives the bars a rich, deep sweetness.
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Jew School » Blog Archive » High fructose corn syrup is for the goyim Says:
pterodactyl commented on the word syrup
See this map for American pronunciation.
April 11, 2008
seanahan commented on the word syrup
From personal experience, I find the results highly suspect.
April 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word syrup
Based on the map, people in Nevada don't like syrup.
April 11, 2008
asativum commented on the word syrup
The problem is that the maps just count responses. So a ton of respondents, it appears, come from the Northeast; ergo, every pronunciation appears concentrated in the Northeast.
What they ought to map, by color, is the relative proportion of responses received so far from a given region (state, city, whatnot).
So: Points for neat research idea, marked down for information-poor illustration of results.
April 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word syrup
Here in my local whatnot, the preferred pronunciation of whatnot is whaughtnought, while a majority of people say ot, when they really ought to say ought.
Go figger!
Meanwhile, the states of Montana and Wyoming continue to be sparsely populated.
April 11, 2008