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sugar

/ˈʃʊɡɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Sugar means: informal terms for money.

Synonyms for sugar24

noun, as in informal terms for money

boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, wampum

noun, as in an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

carbohydrate, saccharide

noun, as in a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

refined sugar

verb, as in sweeten with sugar

saccharify

also used for sugar

sweeten, sugar-coat

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What does sugar mean?4

noun

1

informal terms for money

2

an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

3

a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

verb

1

sweeten with sugar“sugar your tea”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Sugar in a sentence

  • During the war, we had to do without sugar.CM
  • This cake contains flour, milk, eggs and sugar.Source_VOA
  • If your coffee is too strong, add some sugar.orcrist
  • To make a tart, you need eggs, butter and sugar.lilianmtzc
  • Instead of coffee he gave me tea with sugar, but without cream.Mutusen
  • Important as sugar is as article of food, we cannot live on it.unknown
  • When making a cake, you must use eggs, butter and sugar.CK
  • Excuse me, could you pass me the sugar?ellasevia

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of sugar

as a noun

plural
sugars

as a verb

past tense
sugared
present participle
sugaring
third-person singular
sugars
past participle
sugared