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barley sugar

barley sugar noun: a traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring. Also the alternative form of barley-sugar.

Noun

barley sugar (countable and uncountable, plural barley sugars)

  1. A traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.

Also used as

barley sugar is also the alternative form of barley-sugar.

barley sugar meaning in Tamil

barley sugar in Tamil

sweet
மிட்டாய் miṭṭāy

Forms of barley sugar

Noun
pluralbarley sugars
Adjective
comparativemore barley sugar
superlativemost barley sugar

Questions about barley sugar

What does barley sugar mean?
Barley sugar means a traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.
What is barley sugar in Tamil?
Barley sugar in Tamil is மிட்டாய் (miṭṭāy). See Barley sugar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is barley sugar?
Barley sugar is a noun.
What is the plural of barley sugar?
The plural of barley sugar is barley sugars.

Words near barley sugar in the dictionary

  1. barley sacks
  2. barley sandwich
  3. barley sandwiches
  4. barley scald
  5. barley smut
  6. barley sugar
  7. barley sugars
  8. barley twist
  9. barley twists
  10. barley water
  11. barley waters

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