syrup
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
syrup /ˈsɪrəp/ (US also sirup)
▶noun a thick, sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, used for preserving fruit.
■ a thick, sweet liquid containing medicine or used as a drink.
■ a thick, sticky liquid obtained from sugar cane as part of the processing of sugar.
'syrup' also found in these Oxford entries:
amrit
- baba
- candy
- caramel
- cassareep
- chow chow
- compote
- egg cream
- fruit salad
- ginger beer
- gingerbread
- glucose
- golden syrup
- gulab jamun
- jalebi
- julep
- maple sugar
- maple syrup
- mochaccino
- molasses
- panna cotta
- ripple
- savarin
- sherbet
- shrub
- sirup
- snow cone
- spun sugar
- sugar
- sugar maple
- sundae
- syrupy
- treacle
- Turkish delight
- upside-down cake
- waffle
- water ice
