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MAPLE SYRUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maple syrup mean?
• MAPLE SYRUP (noun)
The noun MAPLE SYRUP has 1 sense:
1. made by concentrating sap from sugar maples
Familiarity information: MAPLE SYRUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made by concentrating sap from sugar maples
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("maple syrup" is a kind of...):
Context examples
"There'll be a check at the post-office, I know, and we'll transmute it into beautiful buckwheat flour, a gallon of maple syrup, and a new pair of overshoes for you."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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