sugarcube
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Rare form of sugar cube.
Example Sentences
- "Small abstract sculptures in cast metal. A number of these gray pieces take the form of step-like towers that taper gradually toward the top. Others freely combine regular, geometric shapes—a cylinder, rectangle, or spiral—with dense aggregates of small sugarcube-like metal bits."
- "To bake a mind-altering cake nowadays, you’ve got to smash a few sugarcubes."
- "He puts a few sugarcubes on the spoon and runs the alcohol over it, the sugar disintegrating into the liquid."
- "Palate-wise, it was nothing new. It was a synthetic kind of coffee flavor, like spraypaint and tree bark. A few sugarcubes helped the cause, for both my tongue and my brain, the latter struggling to overcome irritation and get to that place of bright clarity, to attain that souped-up inconquerability that only coffee brings."
- "Another reason Pinky throws countless parties is that she REALLY loves eating sweets. So if you’re looking for her you’ll have a good chance at finding her at the Sugarcube Sweet Shoppe."
- "After the building was completed, a documentary film represented the massing as a series of sugarcube-like boxes."