- [uncountable] a sweet substance, often in the form of white or brown crystals, made from the juices of various plants, used in cooking or to make tea, coffee, etc. sweeter
- Do you take sugar (= have it in your tea, coffee, etc.)?
- Serve the cake warm or cold, sprinkled with sugar.
- This juice contains no added sugar.
- a sugar bowl
- a sugar plantation/refinery
- He stirred another spoonful of sugar into his tea.
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1- Bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar.
- Most junk food is high in sugar.
- a high sugar intake
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- raw
- unrefined
- processed
- …
- kilo
- pound
- etc.
- …
- add
- put in
- put on
- …
- dissolve
- cube
- lump
- bowl
- …
- high sugar content
- low sugar content
- reduced sugar content
- …
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- [countable] the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold or that is contained in a small cube, added to tea, coffee, etc.
- How many sugars do you take in coffee?
- [countable, usually plural] (specialist) any of various sweet substances that are found naturally in plants, fruit, etc.
- fruit sugars
- Fruit juices contain natural sugars.
Extra Examples- simple sugars, such as glucose
- Fructose is a fruit sugar.
- [uncountable] (informal, especially North American English) a way of addressing somebody that you like or love
- See you later, sugar.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.
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