loaf sugar

English

Etymology

From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger.

Noun

loaf sugar (countable and uncountable, plural loaf sugars)

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

See also

• sugar nips

References

• “loaf”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• sugar loaf, sugar-loaf, sugarloaf