Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barley sugar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
bar-ley -sug-ar
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Alternative form of barley-sugar.

Usage

Inflected Forms

barley sugars (plural) more barley sugar (comparative) most barley sugar (superlative)

Questions

What does barley sugar mean?
A traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.

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