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How to pronounce sugar
Say it like this: /ˈʃʊɡə/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does sugar mean?
nounA food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.
Any specific variety of sugar.
Any of various small, water-soluble carbohydrates such as are used by organisms for energy and various other purposes.
“Generally speaking, plants have a much greater variety of sugars and linkages than animal tissues have.”
verbTo add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
“John heavily sugars his coffee.”
To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
“She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.”
In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
“A long time ago my grandmother and I used to boil maple sap. When she sugared off, I stood there.”
intjMinced oath of shit.
““Oh, sugar.” His room was empty.”
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