syrup

noun

A thick, sweet, sticky liquid, consisting of a sugar base, natural or artificial flavorings, and water.

noun

A thick, sugary liquid made by boiling down or otherwise concentrating plant sap, juice, or grain extracts.

noun

A concentrated solution of sugar in water, often used as a vehicle for medicine.

To sweeten with syrup; cover or mix with a syrup.

noun

In cookery, a boiled solution of sugar and water in which fruits are often cooked.

noun

In medicine, a solution of sugar in water, made according to an officinal formula, whether simple, flavored, or medicated with some special therapeutic or compound.

noun

The uncrystallizable fluid finally separated from crystallized sugar in the refining process, either by the draining of sugar in loaves, or by being forcibly ejected by the centrifugal apparatus in preparing moist sugar.

adjective

Same as sirup, sirupy.

noun

Any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring and has a high sugar content. Also any viscous liquid.

noun

A wig.