noun
- A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
- synonyms: refined sugar
- An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain.
- synonyms: carbohydrate, saccharide
- Informal terms for money.
verb
- Sweeten with sugar.
- usage: "sugar your tea"
- synonyms: saccharify
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