REFINED SUGAR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

Synonyms:

refined sugar; sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("refined sugar" is a kind of...):

sweetener; sweetening (something added to foods to make them taste sweeter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refined sugar"):

caramel; caramelized sugar (burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food)

lump sugar (refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings)

loaf sugar; sugar loaf; sugarloaf (a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar)

cane sugar (sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent)

granulated sugar (sugar in the form of small grains)

beet sugar (sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent)

corn sugar (dextrose used as sweetening agent)

brown sugar (unrefined or only partly refined sugar)