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- [shoo g-er]
- /ˈʃʊg ər/
- /ˈʃʊɡə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shoo g-er]
- /ˈʃʊg ər/
Definitions of sugar word
- noun sugar a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar. 1
- noun sugar Chemistry. a member of the same class of carbohydrates, as lactose, glucose, or fructose. 1
- noun sugar (sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address, as to a child or a romantic partner (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female). 1
- noun sugar a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter S. 1
- noun sugar Slang. money. 1
- noun sugar Slang. LSD. 1
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Origin of sugar
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English sugre, sucre (noun) < Middle French sucre < Medieval Latin succārum < Italian zucchero < Arabic sukkar; obscurely akin to Persian shakar, Greek sákcharon (see sacchar-)
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Parts of speech for Sugar
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sugar popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sugar usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sugar
noun sugar
- bedmate — bedfellow (def 1).
- best girl — one's sweetheart
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- cellulose — Cellulose is a substance that exists in the cell walls of plants and is used to make paper, plastic, and various fabrics and fibres.
- chatelaine — A chatelaine is the female owner, or the wife of the owner, of a castle or large country house.
verb sugar
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- candy-coat — sugarcoat (def 2).
- candying — any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- dulcify — to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
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