SIRUP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A thick sweet sticky liquid

Synonyms:

sirup; syrup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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)