corn syrup

American  

noun

1. syrup prepared from corn.

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corn syrup British  

noun

1. syrup prepared from maize

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Etymology

Origin of corn syrup

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

Scientists generally define them as items with ingredients that you wouldn’t typically find in a home kitchen, like high-fructose corn syrup and emulsifiers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its house label’s products are formulated without artificial flavors and sweeteners, synthetic colors, or high-fructose corn syrup.

From Salon

And it is one of very few to still use real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.

From BBC

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary last summer told Fox News that “moms want baby formula without seed oil, without corn syrup, without added sugar, without arsenic and lead and other heavy metals.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I thought we were avoiding corn syrup this summer,” Camille says.

From Literature