Meaning & use
treacle
A thick, dark syrup made from partly refined sugar, used in cooking, especially in British baking.
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She drizzled treacle over the warm pudding before serving it to her guests.
The recipe called for two tablespoons of treacle to give the cake its dark color.
A note on using this word
Treacle is the common British English term; Americans typically call the same or a similar syrup molasses.
Words with a similar meaning
molasses
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