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treacle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | glop, mush, slop |
| Type of | sentimentalism |
| Derivation | treacly |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | golden syrup |
| Type of | sirup, syrup |
| Derivation | treacly |
Examples of treacle
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After the grandiose treacle of Australia it's a wonder he can still get funding.
From the guardian.co.uk
People will write and say this article is treacle, or propaganda, or biased, etc.
From the latimes.com
The treacle fair will be from 11am to 5pm, on Sunday June 5, in Saunders Field.
From the newburytoday.co.uk
We pay up and climb back into her car, where there is a bag of treacle toffees.
From the independent.co.uk
A dollop of treacle, which sounds lovely, is apparently traditional in Yorkshire.
From the guardian.co.uk
On this scale, water is more like treacle, gumming up pumps, valves and mixers.
From the newscientist.com
Gently melt the butter with the syrup, treacle and stem ginger in a small pan.
From the expressandstar.com
Moving around, no matter which character I used, was like running through treacle.
From the dailymail.co.uk
It drowns difficult challenges and hard decisions in a bucket of warm treacle.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
- A pale cane syrup
- Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
- Treacle is any syrup made during the refining of sugar cane and is defined as "uncrystallized syrup produced in refining sugar".Oxford Dictionary ISBN 9781851521012 Treacle is used chiefly in cooking as a form of sweetener or condiment.
- An antidote for poison; theriac; A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup; Cloying sentimental speech
- 1. The uncrystallized syrup produced in the sugar-refining process. The term was sometimes used to describe molasses. 2. A light ale or beer brewed from treacle and water.
- Molasses, especially that produced during the refining of sugar; maple molasses, a syrup made from the sap of certain maple trees, espeically the sugar maple
- A medicinal compound of many ingredients, originally a salve, considered particularly useful against snakebites and other poisons.
- (Pronounced "TREE-kull") n. 1. Molasses. 2. A blend of molasses, sugar and corn syrup used as a table syrup, also called "golden syrup."
- 1. molasses. 2. cloying sentimentality or flattery.
