English Explanatory Dictionary

sugar-loaf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century.
  2. A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf.
  3. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf chicory, a certain cultivar.
  4. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf cabbage, a certain cultivar.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

sugar-loaf sugar-loaves sugar loaf sugarloaf

Related words

sugarcane sugar cube sugar lump loaf sugar sugar nips

Derived words

sugar-loaf bonnet sugar-loaf button sugar-loaf cabbage sugar-loaf cap sugar-loaf cornea sugar-loaf crown sugar-loaf eminence sugar-loaf hat sugar-loaf head sugar-loaf hill Sugarloaf Island Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain Park sugar-loaf page sugar-loaf pine sugar-loaf pippin sugar-loaf rock Sugarloaf Saw Mill sugar-loaf sea sugar-loaf-shape sugar-loaf stone sugar-loaf-stump sugar-loaf tool Sugarloaf Village sugar-loaf yew
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