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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trea•cle /ˈtrikəl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- something excessively sweet or sentimental.
- British Terms, Foodmolasses.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trea•cle (trē′kəl),USA pronunciation n. - contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:a movie plot of the most shameless treacle.
- [Brit.]
- molasses, esp. that which is drained from the vats used in sugar refining.
- Also called golden syrup. a mild mixture of molasses, corn syrup, etc., used in cooking or as a table syrup.
- [Pharm. Obs.]any of various medicinal compounds, formerly used as antidotes for poison.
- Greek thēriaké̄, noun, nominal use of feminine of thēriakós concerning wild beasts, equivalent. to thērí(on) wild beast (thé̄r wild beast + -ion diminutive suffix) + -akos -ac
- Latin thēriaca
- Middle French, Old French
- 1275–1325; Middle English, variant of triacle antidote
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: treacle /ˈtriːkəl/ n
Also called: black treacle Brit a dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugar- Brit
another name for golden syrup - anything sweet and cloying
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French triacle, from Latin thēriaca antidote to poisonˈtreacly adj |