Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loaf sugar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: loaf -sug-ar
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Refined sugar formed into a conical loaf (a sugar-loaf) in a mould. It was a common type of sugar until the 19th century.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"ARROW-ROOT PUDDING. From a quart of new milk take a small tea-cupful, and mix it with two large spoonfuls of arrow-root. Boil the remainder of the milk, and stir it amongst the arrow-root; add, when nearly cold, the well-beaten yolks of four eggs, with two ounces of pounded loaf sugar, and the same quantity of fresh butter broken into small bits; season with grated nutmeg. Mix it well together, and bake it in a butter dish fifteen or twenty minutes."

Etymology

From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lofe sugre

Usage

Inflected Forms

loaf sugars (plural)

Phrases

sugar nips

Frequently Paired Words

sugar nips cube sugar granulated sugar powdered sugar

Synonyms

sugarloaf sugar loaf

Questions

What does loaf sugar mean?: Refined sugar formed into a conical loaf (a sugar-loaf) in a mould. It was a common type of sugar until the 19th century.
Where does loaf sugar come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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