Treacle

Noun



 * 1)  An antidote for poison; theriac.
 * 2)  A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
 * 3) Cloying sentimental speech.

Derived terms

 * treacle paper
 * treacle tart
 * treacly

Thesaurus
albumen, ambrosia, artificial sweetener, batter, blackstrap, bonnyclabber, butter, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, clabber, clover honey, comb honey, corn syrup, cornstarch, cream, curd, cyclamates, dough, edulcoration, egg white, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, jam, jell, jelly, loblolly, maple syrup, molasses, mucilage, mucus, nectar, pap, paste, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, rob, saccharification, saccharin, semifluid, semiliquid, size, sodium cyclamate, sorghum, soup, starch, sticky mess, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetener, sweetening, sweets, syrup

Etymology
From triacle:, from  *undefined:, late form of theriaca:, from  θηριακή:, feminine form of θηριακός: from θήρ:. Compare theriac:, theriacle:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: melasse
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: melaso
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: דבשה (divsha)


 * Hungarian: melasz
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 糖蜜 (とうみつ, tōmitsu)
 * Portuguese: melaço
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: melass


 * Finnish: mielistely, makeilu

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