loaf sugar

noun

Etymology

From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger.

  1. inherited from lofe sugre

Definitions

  1. Refined sugar formed into a conical loaf (a sugar-loaf) in a mould. It was a common type…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for loaf sugar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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