sugar loaf

sug·ar loaf

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shoo g-er lohf]
- /ˈʃʊg ər loʊf/
- /ˈʃʊɡə(r) ləʊf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shoo g-er lohf]
- /ˈʃʊg ər loʊf/

Definitions of sugar loaf words

adjective sugar loaf resembling a sugar-loaf. 1
noun sugar loaf a large conical mass of hard refined sugar 0
noun sugar loaf something resembling this in shape 0
noun sugar loaf a conical mass of crystallized sugar 0
noun sugar loaf a similarly shaped hill, mountain, etc. 0

See all 5 definitions of sugar loaf

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Origin of sugar loaf

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

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Parts of speech for Sugar loaf

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sugar loaf

sugar loaf popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sugar loaf usage trend in Literature

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