English Explanatory Dictionary

loaf sugar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Refined sugar formed into a conical loaf (a sugar-loaf) in a mould. It was a common type of sugar until the 19th century.

Word forms

loaf sugar loaf sugars

Etymology

From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger.

Related words

sugar nips
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