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Sugar loaf

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sug⋅ar-loaf

[shoog-er-lohf]
–adjective
resembling a sugar-loaf.
Also, sugar-loafed.


Origin:
1600–10
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sugar loaf  
n.  
  1. A large conical loaf of pure concentrated sugar.

  2. Something, such as a mountain, that resembles a loaf of sugar in shape.

sug'ar-loaf' (shŏŏg'ər-lōf') adj.
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