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sugar Definition

sugar (s̸ho̵og′ər)

noun

  1. any of a class of sweet, soluble, crystalline carbohydrates, as the disaccharides and the monosaccharides
  2. sucrose, esp. when prepared as a crystalline or powdered substance used as a food and sweetening agent
  3. a sugar bowl, specif. as forming a set with a creamer
  4. flattery; honeyed words
  5. sugar diabetes
  6. Informal darling; sweetheart
  7. Slang money

Etymology: ME sucre < OFr < OSp azúcar or OIt zucchero, both < Ar sukkar < Pers šakar < Sans śárkarâ, akin to śarkaraḥ, pebble

transitive verb

  1. to mix, cover, sprinkle, or sweeten with sugar
  2. sugarcoat

intransitive verb

  1. ☆ to form sugar
  2. ☆ to boil down maple syrup to form maple sugar: usually with off

sugar Related Forms
sug′ar·like′ adjective
sugar Synonyms

sugar

n.

Common varieties and forms of sugar include: sucrose, cane sugar, corn sugar, brown sugar, confectioner's sugar, beet sugar, grape sugar, dextrose, fruit sugar, fructose, levulose, maltose, malt sugar, lactose, milk sugar, invert sugar, maple sugar, saccharose;

sugar Finance Definition
A popular agricultural product that is derived from sugar cane. Futures and options on sugar are traded on the Coffee, Cocoa, and Sugar Exchange (CSCE), which became a subsidiary of the New York Board of Trade in 1998. To meet delivery terms of the contract, U.S. cane sugars and other foreign-produced sugars can be transmitted.
sugar Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • granulate: Sprinkle with granulated sugar, cinnamon sugar, or spread with chocolate glaze.
  • dissolve: This was the point of heating the water while dissolving the sugar.
  • sprinkle: Arrange peach halves cavity side down and sprinkle brown sugar over.
  • ice: Stir in a little of the icing sugar at a time, then add the rum.

Adjective modifier

  • refined: Humans are clearly not adapted to consume refined sugars.
  • brown: Arrange peach halves cavity side down and sprinkle brown sugar over.
  • unrefined: Great with a twist of lime, a pinch of unrefined sugar and a drop of water.
  • added: Naturally sweet, they can be used in baking to reduce amounts of added sugar.

Modifies a noun

  • beet: Drought is a major cause of loss of sugar beet yield in the UK.
  • cane: The sugar cane used in the rum gives it a silky smooth finish, which is ideal for creating the perfect cocktail.
  • plantation: Slaves were brought from Africa to work on the sugar plantations.
  • syrup: Give your bees a boost with what they no longer find in nature or in refined sugar syrups.
  • refinery: A few years later the building became a sugar refinery, sugar and its refining being a major industry in Bristol for some time.
  • cube: Kalkan was once a Greek enclave and retains its white sugar cube houses.

Noun used with modifier

  • caster: Brush with the egg yolk and milk mixture, sprinkle with caster sugar.
  • icing: Sprinkle the ones you DID cut holes in with icing sugar.
  • blood: In addition to helping me control my weight, exercise has a direct effect of lowering blood sugar.
  • cane: The ingredients are apples, apricots, cane sugar, sultanas, cider vinegar, salt, ginger, garlic and spices.
  • muscovado: Currently I have porridge every morning with a little muscovado sugar or maple syrup just to sweeten it a little.
  • tbsp: Stir the prune puree together with 2 tbsp sugar free muesli into 300ml low fat bio-yoghurt and serve.
sugar Quotes

My uncle was famous for his balanced point of view. At the time of which I am writing (when he was nearly seventy) it had become so balanced, that the act of balancing seemed rather automatic.One had only to offer him an opinion for him to balance it with a counter- opinion of exactly the same weight, as a grocer puts a pound weight against a pound of sugar.

—Spender, Sir Stephen Harold