loaf sugar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger.
Noun[edit]
loaf sugar (countable and uncountable, plural loaf sugars)
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- “loaf”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.