corn syrup

noun

A sticky sweet liquid, consisting of sugars dissolved in water, produced from corn (maize). Used as a sweetener in cooking, especially in commercial kitchens but also in candy making.

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Meanings

nouncorn syrup (countable and uncountable, plural corn syrups)

plural corn syrups

  1. countableuncountableA sticky sweet liquid, consisting of sugars dissolved in water, produced from corn (maize). Used as a sweetener in cooking, especially in commercial kitchens but also in candy making.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 玉米糖漿 /玉米糖浆
  • 玉米糖漿 /玉米糖浆 (yùmǐ tángjiāng)sticky sweet liquid
Esperanto maizosiropo, maiza siropo
  • maizosiroposticky sweet liquid
  • maiza siroposticky sweet liquid
Finnish maissisiirappi
  • maissisiirappisticky sweet liquid
French sirop de maïs
  • sirop de maïssticky sweet liquid
Italian sciroppo di mais
  • sciroppo di maissticky sweet liquid
Japanese コーンシロップ
  • コーンシロップ (kōn shiroppu)sticky sweet liquid
Portuguese xarope de milho
  • xarope de milhosticky sweet liquid
Spanish jarabe de maíz, sirope / almíbar / arrope maicero
  • jarabe de maízsticky sweet liquid
  • sirope / almíbar / arrope maicerosticky sweet liquid
Swedish majssirap, glukossirap från majs
  • majssirapsticky sweet liquid
  • glukossirap från majssticky sweet liquid
Turkish mısır şurubu
  • mısır şurubusticky sweet liquid
Cite this entry
APA

corn syrup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20syrup

MLA

“corn syrup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20syrup. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corn syrup,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20syrup.

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