Syrup

Definitions

1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any viscous liquid.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
3. Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. A wig.
   Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

44 more languages

Afrikaansstroop

العربيةالعصيردبسسنوتشرابشيرةطلاءقطر+ 4 more

Azərbaycan dilişərbət

বাংলাশীরা

Bosanskišapasirupsladoračaсирупсладорача+ 2 more

Catalàxarop

Češtinasirup

Dansksirup

Ελληνικάσιρόπι

Esperantosiropo

Eestisiirup

Suomisiirappisokeriliemi

Galegoxarope

हिन्दीअर्क़चाशनीरसशर्बत+ 1 more

Hrvatskišapasirupsladoračaсирупсладорача+ 2 more

Magyarszirup

Bahasa Indonesiaair gulasetrup

Íslenskasíróp

Italianosciroppo

日本語シロップ糖蜜蜜

ქართულისიროფი

Қазақ тілішәрбат

ភាសាខ្មែរស៊ីរ៉ូ

한국어단물약물엿시럽

Kurdîعرق

Кыргызчашарбат

Latinasapa

Latviešusīrups

Македонскисируп

Bahasa Melayusirap

Nederlandssiroopstroop

Polskimiódsyrop

Portuguêsxarope

Românăsirop

Русскийсироп

Српскиšapasirupsladoračaсирупсладорача+ 2 more

Svenskasirap

Тоҷикӣшарбат

ไทยน้ำเชื่อม

Tagalogharabe

Türkçeşurup

Українськасироп

اردوچاشنیرسعرق

Tiếng Việtnước đườngxi-rô

Examples

“maple syrup”

“pancake syrup”

“peaches in syrup”

“With jellies soother than the creamy curd, / And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; [...]”

“cough syrup”

“rose syrup”

“Eventually, he or his staunch public tired of his easy-listening syrup, so Price recorded gospel for the Myrrh label⟳ before semi-retiring to his Golden Cross Ranch in Texas.”

CEFR level