Associations to the word «Treacle»
Noun
- Syrup
- Pudding
- Flour
- Flavour
- Butter
- Ounce
- Sponge
- Sugar
- Vinegar
- Refining
- Honey
- Recipe
- Ingredient
- Pie
- Pint
- Dessert
- Venice
- Potter
- Cream
- Gall
- Bread
- Cake
- Boil
- Cane
- Juice
- Poison
- Loaf
- Mine
- Rice
- Thick
- Boiling
- Paste
- Lemon
- Sting
- Beef
- Milk
- Fly
- Cock
- Peel
- Potato
- Tea
- Lb
- Dennis
- Oz
- Sweet
- Flavor
- Apple
- Mix
- Pound
- Candy
- Coloured
- Jam
- Egg
- Ron
- Salt
- Basin
- Rape
- Monkey
- Cure
- Sullivan
- Oil
- Corn
- Pin
- Pig
- Cloth
- Mining
- Harry
- Pitch
Adjective
Wiktionary
TREACLE, noun. (obsolete) An antidote for poison; theriac.
TREACLE, noun. (obsolete) (figurative) Any all-powerful curative; a general remedy, a cure-all.
TREACLE, noun. (chiefly British) A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
TREACLE, noun. Cloying sentimental speech.
TREACLE MUSTARD, noun. (botany) Any of several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially Erysimum cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac.
TREACLE PAPER, noun. Paper covered in treacle, meant to attract and catch flies.
TREACLE WATER, noun. (archaic) (medicine) A compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, such as hartshorn, flowers, the roots and juices of various plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle.
Dictionary definition
TREACLE, noun. A pale cane syrup.
TREACLE, noun. Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.