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sugar > 4 senses
NOUN1sugar, refined sugarA white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
2sugar, carbohydrate, saccharideAn essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals
3sugar, boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, wampumInformal terms for money
VERB1sugar, saccharifySweeten with sugar
sugar > pronunciation
Soundsshuh'ger
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sugar > noun 1, food
MeaningA white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
Synonymsrefined sugar
Narrowercaramel, caramelized sugar; lump sugar; sugarloaf, sugar loaf, loaf sugar; cane sugar; granulated sugar; beet sugar; corn sugar; brown sugar
Broadersweetening, sweetener
Verbssugar
sugar > noun 2, substance
MeaningAn 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.
Synonymscarbohydrate, saccharide
Narrowerribose; beet sugar; cane sugar; deoxyribose; invert sugar; maple sugar; monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar; oligosaccharide; polysaccharide, polyose; jaggery, jagghery, jaggary; wood sugar, xylose
Broadermacromolecule, supermolecule
sugar > noun 3, possession
MeaningInformal terms for money.
Synonymsboodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, wampum
Broadermoney
sugar > verb, perception
MeaningSweeten with sugar.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"sugar your tea"
Synonymssaccharify
Broadersweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate
Nounssugar

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