Noun: treacle tree-kul
- [Brit] Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane, especially during sugar refining
"She added a tablespoon of treacle to the gingerbread batter";
- molasses
- [Brit] A pale cane syrup
"She drizzled treacle over her pancakes";
- golden syrup [Brit]
- Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
"The pop song was pure treacle, dripping with clichés about lost love";
- mush, slop [informal], glop [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: treacles
Type of: sentimentalism, sirup [US], syrup
Encyclopedia: Treacle