sugar /shŭgˈər/

1. A sweet substance (sucrose or cane sugar, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁) obtained chiefly from cane and beet
2. Extended to any water-soluble, crystalline monosaccharide or oligosaccharide, eg fructose, lactose, glucose, etc
3. A measure (eg a lump, teaspoonful) of sugar
4. Money (slang)
5. A term of endearment (informal)
6. Flattery (slang)
7. Heroin or LSD (slang)

1. Made with or of sugar
2. Sweet (Shakespeare)

To sprinkle, coat, mix, or sweeten with sugar

sugˈared adjective

1. Sweetened or coated with sugar
2. Sugary

sugˈariness noun

sugˈaring noun

1. Sweetening with sugar
2. Coating trees with sugar as a method of collecting insects
3. Formation of sugar or syrup by boiling maple sap (also sugaring off; N American)
4. Removing body hair by applying a sticky sugar paste which is then peeled away

sugˈarless adjective

sugˈary adjective

1. Like sugar in taste or appearance
2. Having or containing much sugar
3. Cloyingly sweet, sickly, over-sentimental

sugarally or sugarallie /-alˈi/ noun (Scot)

Liquorice

sugar apple noun

The sweetsop fruit

sugˈar-baker noun (obsolete)

1. A sugar refiner
2. Also a confectioner

sugar basin or sugar bowl noun

A small basin for holding sugar at table

sugar bean noun

The lima bean

sugar beet noun

Any variety of common beet, esp the variety Rapa, grown for sugar

sugar bird noun

Either of two S African birds of the genus Promerops that suck nectar from flowers

sugar bowl see sugar basin above.

sugar bush noun (US)

An area of woodland with a preponderance of sugar maples

sugar candy noun

1. Sugar in large crystals (also rock candy)
2. A sweet, confection (US)

sugˈarcane or sugar cane noun

A tall woody grass (Saccharum officinarum) of tropical and semitropical regions, cultivated in the West Indies, the southern USA, Australia, and elsewhere, one of the chief sources of sugar

sugar charcoal noun

A pure form of charcoal obtained from sucrose

sugˈarcoat transitive verb

1. To coat with sugar
2. To disguise (something unpleasant) with a superficial attractiveness

sugar-coatˈed adjective

sugˈar-cube or sugˈar-lump noun

A small square block of sugar

sugar daddy noun (informal)

A wealthy, elderly or middle-aged man who lavishes money or gifts on a young woman or young homosexual man, usu in return for sexual favours or companionship

sugar diabetes noun

Diabetes mellitus

sugar foot noun

A dance step used in tap, jazz, line dancing, etc

sugˈar-free adjective

Containing no sugar

sugar glider noun

An Australian possum, Petaurus breviceps, with winglike flaps of skin enabling it to make long gliding jumps between trees

sugar grass noun

Sweet sorghum

sugar gum noun

A eucalyptus, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, with sweet-tasting foliage

sugˈarhouse noun

A factory, etc where sugar or maple syrup is made

sugar kelp noun

A type of kelp, Laminaria saccharina, a source of mannitol (also called sea belt)

sugˈarloaf noun

1. A loaf or hard mass of refined sugar, usu more or less conical (see also loaf sugar under loaf¹)
2. A hill, hat, or other object of similar form

sugar-lump see sugar-cube above.

sugar maple noun

A N American maple (Acer saccharum or related species) from whose sap maple syrup or maple sugar is made

sugar mill noun

A machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane

sugar mimic noun

Any substance, either occurring naturally or developed synthetically, which mimics certain sugars in plant or animal cells

sugar mite noun

A mite infesting unrefined sugar

sugar of lead noun

Lead acetate, sweet and poisonous, used as a mordant for dyeing and printing textiles, and as a drier for paints and varnishes

sugar palm noun

A palm (of various species) yielding sugar

sugar pea noun

A sugar snap pea

sugar pine noun

A tall W American pine (Pinus lambertiana) with sugary heartwood

sugˈarplum noun

1. A small round boiled sweet
2. Something pleasing, such as a compliment
3. A term of endearment

sugˈar-refīˈner noun

sugˈar-refīˈnery noun

sugˈar-refīˈning noun

sugar sifter noun

A container for sugar with a perforated top, enabling the sugar to be sprinkled

sugar snap pea or sugar snap noun

A variety of pea cultivated by crossing a mangetout with another pea

sugar soap noun

An alkaline cleansing or stripping preparation for paint surfaces

sugar tongs plural noun

Small tongs for lifting sugar-lumps at table

heavy sugar (slang)

Big money

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