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sugar-cube

sugar-cube is the rare form of sugar cube.

Meaning of sugar cube

Noun

sugar cube (plural sugar cubes)

  1. Piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.
    • The new building was dubbed 'the sugar cube', owing to the white tiles which were supposed to adorn the exterior of the cube-shaped structure.2025 February 19, Chris Howe, “Euston: Euston: a work in progress”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 46
    Synonyms:
    sugar lump

Forms of sugar-cube

pluralsugar-cubes

Questions about sugar-cube

What is sugar-cube the rare form of?
Sugar-cube is the rare form of sugar cube.

Words near sugar-cube in the dictionary

  1. sugar-coated
  2. sugar-coated liver
  3. sugar-coated spleen
  4. sugar-coating
  5. sugar-coats
  6. sugar-cube
  7. sugar-cubes
  8. sugar-free
  9. sugar-house
  10. sugar-house molasses
  11. sugar-houses

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