sugar
English Thesaurus
1. a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | sweetener, sweetening, |
| definition | : | something added to foods to make them taste sweeter (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | lump sugar, |
| definition | : | refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | cane sugar, |
| definition | : | sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | granulated sugar, |
| definition | : | sugar in the form of small grains (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | beet sugar, |
| definition | : | sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | corn sugar, |
| definition | : | dextrose used as sweetening agent (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | brown sugar, |
| definition | : | unrefined or only partly refined sugar (noun.food) |
2. informal terms for money (noun.possession)
| hypernym | : | money, |
| definition | : | the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender (noun.possession) |
3. 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 (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | macromolecule, supermolecule, |
| definition | : | any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | ribose, |
| definition | : | a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | beet sugar, |
| definition | : | sugar made from sugar beets (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cane sugar, |
| definition | : | sucrose obtained from sugar cane (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | deoxyribose, |
| definition | : | a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | invert sugar, |
| definition | : | a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | maple sugar, |
| definition | : | sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | oligosaccharide, |
| definition | : | any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | polyose, polysaccharide, |
| definition | : | any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | wood sugar, xylose, |
| definition | : | a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics (noun.substance) |
4. sweeten with sugar (verb.perception)
5. a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative (noun.food)
| derivation | : | saccharify, sugar, |
| definition | : | sweeten with sugar (verb.perception) |
6. informal terms for money (noun.possession)
| derivation | : | abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, |
| definition | : | make off with belongings of others (verb.possession) |
7. sweeten with sugar (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | refined sugar, sugar, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative (noun.food) |
8. a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative (noun.food)
| derivation | : | saccharify, sugar, |
| definition | : | sweeten with sugar (verb.perception) |
9. informal terms for money (noun.possession)
| derivation | : | abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, |
| definition | : | make off with belongings of others (verb.possession) |
10. sweeten with sugar (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | refined sugar, sugar, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative (noun.food) |
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