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sugar (enc)

Sugar

Noun1.sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
caramelized sugar, caramel - burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food
lump sugar - refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings
loaf sugar, sugar loaf, sugarloaf - a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar
cane sugar - sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
granulated sugar - sugar in the form of small grains
beet sugar - sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent
corn sugar - dextrose used as sweetening agent
brown sugar - unrefined or only partly refined sugar
sweetener, sweetening - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
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 contain
ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
beet sugar - sugar made from sugar beets
cane sugar - sucrose obtained from sugar cane
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
macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree
monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
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
jaggary, jaggery, jagghery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
3.sugar - informal terms for money
money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
Verb1.sugar - sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea"
dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten - make sweeter in taste

 

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