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sugarloaf

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(shŏŏg′ər lōf′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sug•ar•loaf  (shŏŏg′ər lōf′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -loaves 
    (-lōvz′).USA pronunciation 
  1. a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.
  2. anything resembling this in shape.
  • late Middle English 1375–1425

sug•ar-loaf  (shŏŏg′ər lōf′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. resembling a sugar-loaf.
Also, sug′ar-loafed′. 
  • 1600–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sugar loaf, sugarloaf /ˈʃʊɡəˌləʊf/ n ( pl -loaves /-ləʊvz/)
  1. a large conical mass of hard refined sugar
  2. something resembling this in shape
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