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treacle water

treacle water noun: 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.

Noun

treacle water (countable and uncountable, plural treacle waters)

  1. (archaic) 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.

Forms of treacle water

pluraltreacle waters

Questions about treacle water

What does treacle water mean?
Treacle water means 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.
What part of speech is treacle water?
Treacle water is a noun.
What is the plural of treacle water?
The plural of treacle water is treacle waters.

Words near treacle water in the dictionary

  1. treacle puddings
  2. treacle sleep
  3. treacle sleeps
  4. treacle tart
  5. treacle tarts
  6. treacle water
  7. treacle waters
  8. treacleberries
  9. treacleberry
  10. treacled
  11. treaclelike

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