noun / verb / interjection
sugar
SHUUG-ur/ˈʃʊɡər/
A sweet simple carbohydrate.
Granulated sugar spills from a spoon beside a simple bowl.
Etymology
The Sanskrit ancestor meant “grit” or “gravel” before naming ground or candied sugar. That older meaning connects the sweet substance with its grainy, crystalline form rather than with sweetness alone.
In context
packed with syrup sugar or dry packed work in small quantities this will prevent loss of quality and nutrients most berries have a better texture and flavor if packed in sugar or syrup
More examples
- Fruit contains natural sugars that can raise blood sugar.
- She sugars her oatmeal before taking a bite.
- Come sit beside me, sugar.
- Oh, sugar! I forgot my keys again.
Forms
sugar · sugars · sugared · sugaring
sugary adjective — Containing or tasting of much sugar.
Similar words
- sucrose
- Specifically table sugar, rather than the whole carbohydrate class.
- glucose
- A particular simple sugar circulating in blood as fuel.
- sweetener
- Any substance that sweetens, including substitutes that contain no sugar.