sugar : Idioms & Phrases

• . See Quercite.

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• sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied.

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• noun a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar
  barley candy.
  

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• noun sugar made from sugar beets
  
• noun sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent
  

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• noun glucose in the bloodstream
  blood glucose.
  

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• noun a simple sugar found in lactose
  galactose.
  

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• noun unrefined or only partly refined sugar
  

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• noun sucrose obtained from sugar cane
  
• noun sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
  

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• sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an isomeric sugar. See Sucrose.

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• noun burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food
  caramel.
  

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• noun very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor
  caster sugar.
  

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• noun very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor
  caster sugar.
  

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• noun dextrose made by hydrolysis of cornstarch
  
• noun dextrose used as sweetening agent
  

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• noun light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana
  demerara.
  

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• (Med. Chem.), a variety of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the urine in diabetes mellitus.

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• . (Chem.) Same as Dextrose.

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• noun a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
  laevulose; levulose; fructose.
  

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• (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey.

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• noun sugar in the form of small grains
  

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• noun an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits
  dextrose; dextroglucose.
  

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• a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See Dextrose, and Glucose.
• . See Glucose.

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• (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder.

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• noun finely powdered sugar used to make icing
  

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• noun a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose
  

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• (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar.

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• . (Chem.) See Glycyrrhizin.

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• noun a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar
  sugarloaf; loaf sugar.
  

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• refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.

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• noun refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings
  

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• noun a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches
  maltose.
  

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• a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found in malt. See Maltose.

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• a substance found in manna, resembling, but distinct from, the sugars. See Mannite.

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• noun sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree
  

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• sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.

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• noun a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
  lactose.
  
  • cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose

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• . (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of milk (below).
• a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See Lactose.

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• a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called also heart sugar. See Inosite.

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• . See Pinite.

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• noun sugar granulated into a fine powder
  

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• noun a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
  sugar.
  

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• noun a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
  monosaccharose; monosaccharide.
  

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• noun a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
  cotton candy; candyfloss.
  

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• (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by the action of heat and acids on starch from corn, potatoes, etc.; called also potato sugar, corn sugar, and, inaccurately, invert sugar. See Dextrose, and Glucose.

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• . (Sugar Making) (a) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the coolers . (b) The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.

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• noun sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
  sweetsop; annon.
  

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• one who refines sugar.

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• noun form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained
  
• noun white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar
  

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• (Bot.), a variety of beet (Beta vulgaris) with very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe, for the sugar obtained from them.

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• (Bot.), the hackberry.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small South American singing birds of the genera Coereba, Dacnis, and allied genera belonging to the family Coerebidæ. They are allied to the honey eaters.

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• noun a dish in which sugar is served
  

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• . See Sugar orchard.

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• a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple sugar is made.

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• sugar candy. Obs.

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• noun made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
  

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• sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized; candy made from sugar.

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• noun juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
  sugarcane.
  
• noun tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
  sugarcane; Saccharum officinarum.
  

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• (Bot.), a tall perennial grass (Saccharum officinarium), with thick short-jointed stems. It has been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.

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• noun cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar
  

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• noun a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
  Zea saccharata; sweet corn plant; sweet corn; green corn; Zea mays rugosa.
  

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• noun a wealthy older man who gives a young person expensive gifts in return for friendship or intimacy
  

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• noun a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar
  sugarloaf; loaf sugar.
  

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• . (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone. (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.

  Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar loaf? J. Webster.

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• noun maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
  Acer saccharum; rock maple.
  

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• (Bot.), the rock maple (Acer saccharinum). See Maple.

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• a machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers, between which the cane is passed.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A small mite (Tyroglyphus sacchari), often found in great numbers in unrefined sugar. (b) The lepisma.

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• noun a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes
  lead acetate.
  

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• . See Sugar, 2, above.

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• . See under Milk.

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• a collection of maple trees selected and preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; called also, sometimes, sugar bush. U.S. Bartlett.

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• noun Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
  gomuti palm; Arenga pinnata; gomuti.
  

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• noun variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods
  snow pea.
  
• noun green peas with flat edible pods
  snow pea.
  

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• (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree (Pinus Lambertiana) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a substitute for sugar.

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• noun United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
  Walker Smith; Ray Robinson; Robinson.
  

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• noun a refinery for sugar
  

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• noun a spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell
  sugar shell.
  

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• noun variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods
  snap pea.
  
• noun green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat
  

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• noun any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
  sweet sorghum; sorgho; sorgo.
  

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• noun a spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell
  sugar shell.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an Australian flying phalanger (Belideus sciureus), having a long bushy tail and a large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See Illust. under Phlanger.

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• noun evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits
  Rhus ovata; sugar sumac.
  

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• noun sugar and water and sometimes corn syrup boiled together; used as sweetening especially in drinks
  

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• small tongs, as of silver, used at table for taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.

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• . (Bot.) See Sugar maple, above.

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• noun water sweetened with sugar
  

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• noun evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits
  Rhus ovata; sugar sumac.
  

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• adjective satellite encrusted with sugar or syrup
  candied.
  
  • candied grapefruit peel

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Sug"ar-house` noun

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1. A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.

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• noun a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
  xylose.
  

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