SUGARINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sugariness mean? 

• SUGARINESS (noun)
  The noun SUGARINESS has 2 senses:

1. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

2. the sweetness of sugar

  Familiarity information: SUGARINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUGARINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

sugariness; sweet; sweetness

Hypernyms ("sugariness" is a kind of...):

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Derivation:

sugary (containing sugar)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The sweetness of sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sugariness" is a kind of...):

sweet; sweetness (the property of tasting as if it contains sugar)

Derivation:

sugary (containing sugar)