Crossword clues for sirup
sirup
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sirup \Sir"up\Syrup \Syr"up\, n. [F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo, Sp. jarabe, jarope, LL. siruppus, syrupus), fr. Ar. shar[=a]b a drink, wine, coffee, sirup. Cf. Sherbet.]
A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
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A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon.
--Keats.Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar. 2 (context obsolete English) A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
WordNet
n. a thick sweet sticky liquid [syn: syrup]
Wikipedia
Sirup is a 1990 Danish drama film written and directed by Helle Ryslinge. It was entered into the main competition at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.
Usage examples of "sirup".
That afternoon they had come to the bottom of the flour-bag, after living for three days on unleavened slapjacks without either butter or sirup.
No wonder then that poor Dick Varley, after so much suffering and hardship, came to regard that pannikin of hot sirup as the most delicious beverage he ever drank.
An attractive young woman in a blue summer negligee, with hair the color of maple sirup, was standing at the foot of my bed.
Their semanticists and propagandists worked on the people, ladling out soothing sirup.
In the vials, there are sirups that give strange visions, and philtres that can revive the dead.
By the time he got to his leg-lifts and sirups he was ready to take on half of Palomo Grove to get an answer to the question he'd come here asking.
Nor poppy nor mandragora, nor all the drowsy sirups of the world, could ever medicine him to that sweet sleep which he owed yesterday.