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sugars

6 definitions • 8 examples
1
a sweet substance especially from the plants sugar cane and sugar beet, used to make food and drinks sweet:

Examples:

I don't take sugar in my coffee, thanks.
Beat together the butter and brown sugar until light and creamy.
UK Tea with milk and two sugars (= spoonfuls or lumps of sugar), please.
2
any of several types of simple carbohydrate that dissolves in water:

Examples:

Glucose and lactose are sugars.
3
a friendly way of talking to someone that you know:

Examples:

Hi, sugar, did you have a good day at school?
4
polite word for

Examples:

Oh sugar, I've just spilled coffee all down my jacket!
5
to put sugar in or on something:

Examples:

He sugared the rims of the martini glasses.
sugared donuts
6
a sweet substance obtained esp. from particular plants and used to make food and drinks sweet

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