maple syrup

ma·ple syr·up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mey-puh l sir-uh p, sur-]
- /ˈmeɪ pəl ˈsɪr əp, ˈsɜr-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mey-puh l sir-uh p, sur-]
- /ˈmeɪ pəl ˈsɪr əp, ˈsɜr-/

Definitions of maple syrup words

noun maple syrup a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees. 1
noun maple syrup a commercial variety of such syrup, often mixed with cane sugar or some other sweetening agent. 1
noun maple syrup liquid sugar made from maple-tree sap 1
uncountable noun maple syrup Maple syrup is a sweet, sticky, brown liquid made from the sap of maple trees, that can be eaten with pancakes or used to make desserts. 0
noun maple syrup a very sweet syrup made from the sap of the sugar maple 0
noun maple syrup syrup made by boiling down the sap of any of various maples, esp. the sugar maple 0

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Origin of maple syrup

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Maple syrup

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maple syrup popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for maple syrup

noun maple syrup

oversweet — having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
treacle — contrived or unrestrained sentimentality: a movie plot of the most shameless treacle.
molasses — a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.
glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
sorghum — a cereal grass, Sorghum bicolor (or S. vulgare), having broad, cornlike leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense terminal cluster.

All 5 Synonyms of maple syrup