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MAPLE SYRUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maple syrup mean? 

MAPLE SYRUP (noun)
  The noun MAPLE SYRUP has 1 sense:

1. made by concentrating sap from sugar maplesplay

  Familiarity information: MAPLE SYRUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAPLE SYRUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Made by concentrating sap from sugar maples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("maple syrup" is a kind of...):

sirup; syrup (a thick sweet sticky liquid)


 Context examples 


"There'll be a check at the post-office, I know, and we'll transmute it into beautiful buckwheat flour, a gallon of maple syrup, and a new pair of overshoes for you."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)



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