loaf sugar

English

Etymology

From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger.

Noun

loaf sugar (countable and uncountable, plural loaf sugars)

  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.
    Hypernym: sugar
    Coordinate terms: cube sugar, granulated sugar, powdered sugar

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