Other Definitions sugar (enc)
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Sugar| Noun | 1. | sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservativelump sugar - refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings cane sugar - sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent beet sugar - sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent | | | 2. | sugar - an 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 containribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids invert sugar - a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics | | | 3. | sugar - informal terms for moneyboodle, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, scratch money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" | | | Verb | 1. | sugar - sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" | |
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