Treacle


noun
1.
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
a movie plot of the most shameless treacle.
2.
British.

molasses, especially 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.

3.
Pharmacology Obsolete. any of various medicinal compounds, formerly used as antidotes for poison.
noun
1.
(Brit) Also called black treacle. a dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugar
2.
(Brit) another name for golden syrup
3.
anything sweet and cloying
4.
(obsolete) any of various preparations used as an antidote to poisoning

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