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corn syrup

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
corn syrup
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

corn syrups (plural)

Phrases

dark corn syrup high fructose corn syrup light corn syrup

Questions

What does corn syrup mean?
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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