Meaning | A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative. |
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Synonym | sugar |
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Narrower | beet sugar | sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent |
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brown sugar | unrefined or only partly refined sugar |
cane sugar | sugar from sugarcane / sugarcane used as sweetening agent |
caramel, caramelized sugar | Burnt sugar |
corn sugar | dextrose used as sweetening agent |
granulated sugar | sugar in the form of small grains |
lump sugar | refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings |
sugarloaf, sugar loaf, loaf sugar | A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar |
Broader | sweetening, sweetener | Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter |
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Spanish | azúcar, azúcar refinado |
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Catalan | sucre, sucre refinat |
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