variants
or less commonly sirup
1
a
: a thick sticky solution of sugar and water often flavored or medicated
b
: the concentrated juice of a fruit or plant
2
: cloying sweetness or sentimentality
Examples of syrup in a Sentence
ice cream and chocolate syrup
She poured syrup all over her pancakes.
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Their first creation, a sugar syrup called Assila, caught on with bakers.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Each bar also contained a dark chocolate coating made with cocoa sweetener, vegetable dietary fiber, maltitol syrup, soy nuggets, soy protein isolate, chopped cocoa cookie, sunflower oil, and sorbitol syrup.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 29 May 2025
You Might Consume Hidden Calories and Added Sugar Coffee drinks from coffee shops or convenience stores often contain sweeteners, creams, and syrups.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 28 May 2025
LeRoy Chan, Raffles’s assistant director of food and beverage marketing, stepped away from the sculptural brass bar to deliver the mixture of Seedlip Spice 94, miso, orgeat, gum and demerara syrups, and a dab’ll-do-ya of extravagant orange-blossom water.
—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Each bar also contained a dark chocolate coating made with cocoa sweetener, vegetable dietary fiber, maltitol syrup, soy nuggets, soy protein isolate, chopped cocoa cookie, sunflower oil, and sorbitol syrup.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 29 May 2025
You Might Consume Hidden Calories and Added Sugar Coffee drinks from coffee shops or convenience stores often contain sweeteners, creams, and syrups.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 28 May 2025
LeRoy Chan, Raffles’s assistant director of food and beverage marketing, stepped away from the sculptural brass bar to deliver the mixture of Seedlip Spice 94, miso, orgeat, gum and demerara syrups, and a dab’ll-do-ya of extravagant orange-blossom water.
—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2025
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“Syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syrup. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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