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Meaning of Syrup | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsɪ.ɹəp

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

Afrikaans stroop
Azərbaycanca şərbət
বাংলা শীরা
Català xarop
Čeština sirup
Dansk sirup
Deutsch Sirup
Ελληνικά σιρόπι
Esperanto siropo
Español almíbar arrope jarabe sirope
Eesti siirup
Français sirop
Magyar szirup
Bahasa Indonesia air gula setrup
Íslenska síróp
Italiano sciroppo
日本語 シロップ 糖蜜
ქართული სიროფი
Қазақша шәрбат
ខ្មែរ ស៊ីរ៉ូ
한국어 단물약 물엿 시럽
Kurdî عرق
Кыргызча шарбат
Latina sapa
Latviešu sīrups
Македонски сируп
Bahasa Melayu sirap
Nederlands siroop stroop
Polski miód syrop
Português xarope
Română sirop
Русский сироп
Svenska sirap
Тоҷикӣ шарбат
Tagalog harabe
Türkçe şurup
Українська сироп
Tiếng Việt nước đường xi-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

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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