SYRUP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of syrup in English

(Definition of syrup from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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A good example would be cough syrups and aspirins.
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We cannot obtain from beet sugar the various syrups that are obtainable from cane.
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Patents may come in other forms such as dripping pills, liquids, syrups, powders, granules, instant teas, and capsules.
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Lorazepam tablets and syrups are administered by mouth only.
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Apart from regular coffees and cold drinks, the store is known for its specialty drinks, including ones using a range of syrups.
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The term "invert" comes from the method used for assessing sugar syrups.
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Since the early 19th century, opium was widely used as an ingredient in medicines, cough syrups and child quieters.
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The fruits have been used to produce syrups and soft drinks.
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Recipes for hard candy may use syrups of sucrose, glucose, fructose or other sugars.
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However, by 1900, the term referred to wholesome drinks made with chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla syrups.
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They also used them to make into syrups, to form poultices and in the preparation of dyes.
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The piragero makes the treats from shavings off a block of solid ice inside his cart and mixtures of fruit-flavored syrups.
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Apple processing, specialty syrups, and maraschino cherries were added to the product line.
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Gwar does not use syrups or stage blood because they dry solid and can damage the band's costumes.
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Mosquitoes were found not to respond even to the aqueous component of sucrose syrup, and subsequent tests employed crumpled dry paper as controls.
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Translations of syrup

in Chinese (Traditional)
濃糖水,糖漿, 糖漿(一種藥)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
浓糖水,糖浆, 糖浆(一种药)…
in Spanish
sirope, almíbar, sirope [masculine…
in Portuguese
xarope, calda, xarope [masculine]…
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シロップ…
şurup, şerbet, şeker şurubu…
sirop [masculine], sirop, mélasse…
almívar, xarop…
siroop, stroop…
saft, sirup, melasse…
sockerlag, sirap…
sirap, air gula…
der Sirup…
sirup [masculine], fruktsaft med sukker, sirup…
сироп, патока…
сироп…
شَراب…
sirup, melasa…
sirup…
น้ำผลไม้ผสมน้ำและต้มกับน้ำตาล, น้ำเชื่อม…
xi rô, nước ngọt, nước mật đường…
syrop, sok owocowy…
시럽, 당밀…
sciroppo, melassa…
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