Sugar
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noun
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verb
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(As a noun)
Sugar ( noun )
- A sweet, crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
- Any of various forms of sweetener, such as fructose or glucose, obtained from plants.
- A person or thing that is sweet or pleasing.
Origin:
Middle english sugre, from old french sucre, from medieval latin succarum, alteration of arabic sukkar, from persian shakar, from sanskrit sarkara.
Examples:
- He spooned sugar into his coffee.
- I put sugar on my cereal this morning.
- Sugar is used to make candy and other sweets.
- Sugar is also used to preserve fruits.
- He is the sugar in my life.
(As a verb)
Sugar ( verb )
- A sweet, crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
- Any of various forms of sweetener, such as fructose or glucose, obtained from plants.
- A person or thing that is sweet or pleasing.
Origin:
Middle english sugre, from old french sucre, from medieval latin succarum, alteration of arabic sukkar, from persian shakar, from sanskrit sarkara.
Examples:
- He spooned sugar into his coffee.
- I put sugar on my cereal this morning.
- Sugar is used to make candy and other sweets.
- Sugar is also used to preserve fruits.
- He is the sugar in my life.