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SIRUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sirup mean? 

SIRUP (noun)
  The noun SIRUP has 1 sense:

1. a thick sweet sticky liquidplay

  Familiarity information: SIRUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIRUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A thick sweet sticky liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

sirup; syrup

Hypernyms ("sirup" is a kind of...):

sweetener; sweetening (something added to foods to make them taste sweeter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sirup"):

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)


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