syrup
noun
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
syrup-like
-
a word derived from
syrup.
Example Sentences
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Glaciers may look like solid, unchanging masses, but in fact, they are constantly in motion: sliding across the terrain; deforming under their own weight; flowing, syrup-like, down valleys.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
Take care not to boil the liquid, and cook until the tendons are very soft and the braising liquid has a syrup-like viscosity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
Her patients included soldiers wounded on the beaches in Normandy and her family said she was "probably the second person to save someone's life with an injection of the new, dark yellow, syrup-like penicillin."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2018
It is already used as an antifreeze in some industries such as food production, but its viscous, syrup-like consistency makes it unsuitable for widespread use.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 27, 2015
The new wine is the ordinary tint of sherry, but it gradually becomes darker, until after forty or fifty years it is almost black, with the syrup-like consistence of new honey.
From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
