sugar

sugar
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ raw, unrefined
▪ processed, refined
▪ brown, white
▪

Add one cup of soft brown sugar.

▪ caster (BrE), confectioner's (AmE), cube (esp. AmE), demerara (BrE), granulated, icing (BrE), lump (BrE), powdered (AmE), table (AmE)
▪ beet, cane, maple, palm
▪ cinnamon (AmE)
▪ spun
▪ natural
▪

Fruit juices contain natural sugars.

▪ complex, simple (both science)
▪

simple sugars, such as glucose

▪ blood
▪

to raise blood sugar levels

… OF SUGAR
▪ kilo, pound, etc.
▪ lump, spoonful
▪ cup, tablespoon, teaspoon
▪

Add 1 cup of white sugar and boil until dissolved. (esp. AmE)

▪ bag
▪ packet (AmE), sachet (BrE)
VERB + SUGAR
▪ add, put in, put on, sprinkle, stir in, stir into sth, take (= in tea or coffee)
▪

He stirred another spoonful of sugar into his tea.

▪

Do you take sugar in your tea?

▪ contain
▪ produce
▪ dissolve
▪

Bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar.

SUGAR + VERB
▪ dissolve
SUGAR + NOUN
▪ cube (esp. AmE), lump (BrE)
▪ bowl
▪ substitute
▪ syrup
▪ cookie (AmE)
▪ content, intake, level
▪

a high sugar intake

▪ craving
▪ fix
▪ high, rush
▪ beet, cane
▪ grower, planter, producer
▪ industry, mill, plantation, production, refinery
PHRASES
▪ high sugar content, low sugar content, reduced sugar content
▪ high in sugar, low in sugar
▪

Most junk food is high in sugar.

▪ no added sugar
▪

apple juice with no added sugar


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  • Sugar — Sug ar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sugared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sugaring}.] 1. To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with. When I sugar my liquor. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 2. To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Sugar — Sug ar, v. i. In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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