treacle
UK/ˈtɹiː.kəl/
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New Zealand/ˈtɹiː.ku/
treacle noun: a syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
Noun
treacle (countable and uncountable, plural treacles)
- A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
- Didn’t you see how the cub was ashamed of the thick bread-and-butter? I dare say they’re going to have treacle if they are good.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- Cloying sentimental speech.
- The public tributes to Griffith were over-the-top in a way his acting never was, spreading treacle from the evening newscasts to the front page of the New York Times.2012 July 22, Frank Rich, “Mayberry R.I.P.”, in New York
- Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
- Listen, treacle, this is the last time I'll warn you!
- Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
- CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
- Synonyms:
- theriac
- Synonym of cure: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction.
- Synonym of cure-all: a panacea for all human ailments.
Verb
treacle (third-person singular simple present treacles, present participle treacling, simple past and past participle treacled)
treacle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Sanskrit
treacle in Tamil
- பாகு
treacle in Urdu
- تریاق
treacle in Kannada
- ಜೋನಿಬೆಲ್ಲ, ಕರಗುಬೆಲ್ಲ
treacle in Sanskrit
- Treacle, molasses
- क्षार kṣāra
Synonyms of treacle
Forms of treacle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | treacles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | treacles |
| present participle | treacling |
| past participle | treacled |
| past | treacled |
Origin of treacle
From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tyriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”). Doublet of theriacle, equivalent to theriac + -le.
Words formed from treacle
Phrases with treacle
Words that rhyme with treacle
Questions about treacle
- What does treacle mean?
- Treacle means a syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
- What is treacle in Tamil?
- Treacle in Tamil is பாகு. See Treacle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is treacle?
- Treacle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce treacle?
- Treacle is pronounced /ˈtɹiː.kəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of treacle?
- The plural of treacle is treacles.
Words near treacle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: treacle (page history and authors); treacle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); treacle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); treacle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); क्षार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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