Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. A sticky sweet liquid, consisting of sugars dissolved in water, produced from corn (maize). Used as a sweetener in cooking, especially in commercial kitchens but also in candy making.
WordNet
n. syrup prepared from corn
Wikipedia
Corn syrup is a food syrup which is made from the starch of maize (called corn in some countries) and contains varying amounts of maltose and higher oligosaccharides, depending on the grade. Corn syrup, also known as glucose syrup to confectioners, is used in foods to soften texture, add volume, prevent crystallization of sugar, and enhance flavor. Corn syrup is distinct from high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is manufactured from corn syrup by converting a large proportion of its glucose into fructose using the enzyme D-xylose isomerase, thus producing a sweeter compound due to higher levels of fructose.
The more general term glucose syrup is often used synonymously with corn syrup, since glucose syrup is in the United States most commonly made from corn starch. Technically, glucose syrup is any liquid starch hydrolysate of mono-, di-, and higher- saccharides and can be made from any source of starch; wheat, tapioca and potatoes are the most common other sources.
Usage examples of "corn syrup".
Kane put the tin of corn syrup, the sack of flour, and the box of Calumet baking powder on the counter.
Domenici, Sam Meyer, and David Meyer were partners in Corn Belt Agricultural Processors (CBAP), successful corn syrup production facility in Tuscola, Illinois (photo).
Bigger molecules -- like the sugar molecules in the corn syrup or the proteins of the egg white -- don't pass through the membrane.
Tantalized by the leaking sauce, by the sugar and corn syrup in that sauce (perhaps in the same way that industrial nations were tantalized by Middle Eastern oil) the ants were relentless in their pursuit.
Forget the ingredients list (including the sugar and corn syrup you may not have guessed this product contains).
The dried latex is kneaded into a hot mix of sugar and corn syrup, delicately flavored, and then pressed and cut into neat little strips, ready to rot the teeth of the nation.
She tasted it and made a face, stirring corn syrup and cream into it.
I filled a grocery bag full of granola bars, jerky, honey, corn syrup, and as many other items of concentrated fat, sugar, and carbohydrates as I could carry.
The shaping and coloring and chemical flavoring were so implausibly industrial that there was not even a pretense that it was anything other than soy, kelp, compacted crill, polyfiber, or bulked corn syrup.
Stenciled on the sides of other cars are other labels: MOLTEN SULFUR, LIQUID CORN SYRUP, and AQUEOUS HYDRAZINE.
Sugar, vegetable oils, corn (for corn syrup), and other agricultural products have future markets where we can gamble one or two years out to lock in favorable prices on items we use.