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noun ADJ. raw, unrefined | refined | natural Fruit juices contain natural sugars. | simple simple sugars, such as glucose | brown, white Add one cup of soft brown sugar. | caster, demerara, granulated, lump, icing | beet, cane | fruit Fructose is a fruit sugar. | blood to raise blood sugar levels QUANT. lump, spoonful | bag, packet VERB + SUGAR put in/on, spoon, sprinkle, stir in/into, take (= in tea or coffee) He stirred another spoonful of sugar into his tea. Do you take sugar in your tea? | contain | produce SUGAR + VERB dissolve SUGAR + NOUN cube, lump | bowl | substitute | intake a high sugar intake | beet, cane | industry, plantation, production, refinery PHRASES high/low/reduced sugar content, high/low in sugar Most junk food is high in sugar. | no added sugar apple juice with no added sugar
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sugar
phrases
a teaspoon/spoonful of sugar
• The drink contains seven teaspoons of sugar per can.
a lump of sugar
( also a sugar lump ) (= a small block of sugar )
• He put three lumps of sugar in his coffee.
verbs
take sugar
(= have sugar in your tea or coffee )
• ‘Do you take sugar?’ ‘No, thank you.’
sprinkle something with sugar
• Sprinkle the cake with sugar.
sugar dissolves
(= becomes part of a liquid )
• Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
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