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sugar-loaf en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (historical) A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century.
2. (obsolete) A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf.
   • why, do not I know you, grannam? and that sugar-loaf? 1607, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of sugar-loaf chicory, a certain cultivar.
   alt of sugar-loaf chicory
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of sugar-loaf cabbage, a certain cultivar.
   alt of sugar-loaf cabbage

Forms

Deriveds

sugar-loaf page · Sugarloaf Mountain · sugar-loaf pine · sugar-loaf pippin · Sugarloaf Island · sugar-loaf stone · sugar-loaf cap · sugar-loaf head · sugar-loaf crown · sugar-loaf yew · sugar-loaf-shape · sugar-loaf tool · sugar-loaf cabbage · sugar-loaf cornea · sugar-loaf-stump · sugar-loaf button · sugar-loaf bonnet · sugar-loaf eminence · sugar-loaf rock · sugar-loaf hat · Sugarloaf Village · Sugarloaf Saw Mill · sugar-loaf hill · Sugarloaf Mountain Park · sugar-loaf sea

Relateds

sugar nips · sugar cube · sugarcane · loaf sugar · sugar lump

Translations (33)

lb Zockerhutt (conical block of sugar) · cmn 塔糖 (conical block of sugar) · fa کلهقند (conical block of sugar) · fr pain de sucre (conical block of sugar) · ms gula jantung (conical block of sugar) · pt pão de açúcar (conical block of sugar) · fi sokeritoppa (conical block of sugar) · izh pääsaahkara (conical block of sugar) · sv sockertopp (conical block of sugar) · nn sukkertopp (conical block of sugar) · ja 棒砂糖 (conical block of sugar) · hu süvegcukor (conical block of sugar) · cmn 糖塔 (conical block of sugar) · kum шекер келле (conical block of sugar) · pl głowa cukru (conical block of sugar) · ta சர்க்கரைக் கட்டி (conical block of sugar) · nb sukkertopp (conical block of sugar) · es pan de azúcar (conical block of sugar) · nl suikerbrood (conical block of sugar) · de Zuckerhut (conical block of sugar) · it cono di zucchero (conical block of sugar) · he חָרוּט סֻכָּר (conical block of sugar) · da sukkertop (conical block of sugar) · eo sukerbulko (conical block of sugar) · io sukrolumpo (conical block of sugar) · mk шеќерна глава (conical block of sugar) · cs homole cukru (conical block of sugar) · hy շաքարի գլուխ (conical block of sugar) · it pan di zucchero (conical block of sugar) · io sukrobloko (conical block of sugar) · de Zuckerstock (conical block of sugar) · cs cukrová homole (conical block of sugar) · he כִּכָּר סֻכָּר (conical block of sugar)