SUGARLOAF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sugarloaf mean? 

• SUGARLOAF (noun)
  The noun SUGARLOAF has 1 sense:

1. a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar

  Familiarity information: SUGARLOAF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUGARLOAF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

loaf sugar; sugar loaf; sugarloaf

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

loaf (a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape)

refined sugar; sugar (a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative)

 Context examples 

And young and old, noble and squire, gentle and simple, came at once on the summons; and among the rest came the friendly dwarf, with the sugarloaf hat, and a new scarlet cloak.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Then he set out: and when he had gone on his way some time he came to a deep valley, overhung with rocks and woods; and as he looked around, he saw standing above him on one of the rocks a little ugly dwarf, with a sugarloaf cap and a scarlet cloak; and the dwarf called to him and said, Prince, whither so fast?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)