sugarnoun
uk/ˈʃʊɡ.ər/us/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/A1 [ C or U ] a sweet substance especially from the plants sugar cane and sugar beet, used to make food and drinks sweet:
I don't take sugar in my coffee, thanks.
Beat together the butter and brown sugar until light and creamy.
UK Tea with milk and two sugars (= spoonfuls or lumps of sugar), please.
[ C ] specialized chemistry any of several types of simple carbohydrate that dissolves in water:
Glucose and lactose are sugars.
[ as form of address ] mainly US a friendly way of talking to someone that you know:
Hi, sugar, did you have a good day at school?
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- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add one dessertspoon of sugar.
- You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.
- Meringues are made from sugar and egg whites.
- a spoonful of sugar
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Sugar & sugar substitutes
- aspartame
- brown sugar
- caster sugar
- confectioner's sugar
- corn syrup
- fructose
- glucose
- golden syrup
- icing sugar
- lactose
- maple syrup
- molasses
- NutraSweet
- powdered sugar
- saccharin
- superfine sugar
- sweetener
- syrup
- syrupy
- treacle
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Affectionate terms of address
Idiom(s)
sugar and spice
sugarexclamation
uk/ˈʃʊɡ.ər/us/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/UKpolite word for shit noun , used when something annoying happens:
Oh sugar, I've just spilled coffee all down my jacket!
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Linguistics: interjections
- (well) what do you know! idiom
- aiyo
- alas
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- bam
- bless
- boo
- charming
- good show idiom
- goodness
- heck
- hot dog! idiom
- same to you idiom
- talk
- use your loaf idiom
- voilà
- wake up! idiom
- what an idea! idiom
- yes
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sugarverb [ T ]
uk/ˈʃʊɡ.ər/us/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/to put sugar in or on something:
He sugared the rims of the martini glasses.
sugared donuts
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sugar & sugar substitutes
- aspartame
- brown sugar
- caster sugar
- confectioner's sugar
- corn syrup
- fructose
- glucose
- golden syrup
- icing sugar
- lactose
- maple syrup
- molasses
- NutraSweet
- powdered sugar
- saccharin
- superfine sugar
- sweetener
- syrup
- syrupy
- treacle
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