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1sug·ar Listen to audio/ˈʃʊgɚ/ noun
plural sug·ars
1 a [noncount] : a sweet substance usually in the form of white or brown crystals or white powder that comes from plants and is used to make foods sweeter
Would you pass the sugar, please? Do you take sugar in your coffee? a lump/cube/packet of sugarsee also brown sugar, cane sugar, confectioners' sugar, maple sugar, powdered sugar
b [count] : the amount of sugar in one spoonful, lump, packet, etc.
Coffee with two sugars and milk, please.
2 [count] technical : any one of various substances that are found in plants and that your body uses or stores for energy — usually plural Everyone's body metabolizes sugars differently. Simple sugars are easier to digest than complex sugars.
3 [noncount] informal : the amount of sugar present in a person's blood at a particular time
Her sugar (level) is very high. —called also blood sugar
4 chiefly US, informalused to address someone you like or love Hey, sugar [=honey], how are you doing?

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