Overview of noun sugar

The noun sugar has 3 senses

• sugar, refined sugar -- (a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative)


• carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar -- (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)


• boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum -- (informal terms for money)

Overview of verb sugar

The verb sugar has 1 sense

• sugar, saccharify -- (sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea")