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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugar-plum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
sug-ar--plum
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.

noun

A piece of flattery.

Dated

noun

Term of endearment: sweetheart, darling.

noun

Uapaca kirkiana, an southern African fruit tree.

noun

The fruit of this tree.

noun

The prune plum.

verb

to daydream

Colloquial; Intransitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

sugar-plums (plural) sugar plum (alternative) sugarplum (alternative) sugar-plums (present, singular) sugar-plumming (participle, present) sugar-plummed (participle, past) sugar-plummed (past)

Phrases

sugar-plum chalk the Sugar Plum Fairy sugar-plum land

Frequently Paired Words

comfit

Synonyms

boiled sweet

Questions

What does sugar-plum mean?
A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.

How to pronounce sugar-plum

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