Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugar water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: sug-ar wa-ter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water sweetened with sugar.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English sewgyr water, sugour water, water of zuccare.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sewgyr water

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

sugar-water haemolysis test sugar-water hemolysis test

Questions

What does sugar water mean?: Water sweetened with sugar.
Where does sugar water come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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