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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sug·ar       (shŏŏg'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A sweet crystalline or powdered substance, white when pure, consisting of sucrose obtained mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste. Also called table sugar.
  2. Any of a class of water-soluble crystalline carbohydrates, including sucrose and lactose, having a characteristically sweet taste and classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides, and trisaccharides.
  3. A unit, such as a lump or cube, in which sugar is dispensed or taken.
  4. Slang Sweetheart. Used as a term of endearment.

v.   sug·ared, sug·ar·ing, sug·ars

v.   tr.
  1. To coat, cover, or sweeten with sugar.
  2. To make less distasteful or more appealing.

v.   intr.
  1. To form sugar.
  2. To form granules; granulate.
  3. To make sugar or syrup from sugar maple sap. Often used with off.


[Middle English sugre, from Old French sukere, from Medieval Latin succārum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit śarkarā, grit, ground sugar.]

sug'ar·er n.
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sugar       (shg'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of a class of crystalline carbohydrates that are water-soluble, have a characteristic sweet taste, and are universally present in animals and plants. They are characterized by the many OH groups they contain. Sugars are monosaccharides or small oligosaccharides, and include sucrose, glucose, and lactose.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
sugars

Carbohydrates that can supply energy to living things. Common table sugar is sucrose. Some other sugars are fructose, which is found in fruits; lactose, which is found in milk; and glucose, which is the most common sugar in the bodies of animals and plants.


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