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sugar cube

sugar cube noun: piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.

sugar cube: piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea
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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

sugar cube meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Persian and Thai

sugar cube in Tamil

சர்க்கரைப் படிகம்

sugar cube in Arabic

piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar
قَنْد qand

sugar cube in Persian

piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar
قند qand

sugar cube in Thai

piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar
น้ำตาลก้อน
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sugar cube in Vietnamese
đường cục

Synonyms of sugar cube

Forms of sugar cube

pluralsugar cubes
alternative form (rare)sugar-cube
alternative form (rare)sugarcube

Questions about sugar cube

What does sugar cube mean?
Sugar cube means piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.
What is sugar cube in Tamil?
Sugar cube in Tamil is சர்க்கரைப் படிகம். See Sugar cube meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sugar cube?
Sugar cube is a noun.
What is the plural of sugar cube?
The plural of sugar cube is sugar cubes.

Words near sugar cube in the dictionary

  1. sugar corn
  2. sugar corns
  3. sugar cream pie
  4. sugar cream pies
  5. Sugar Creek
  6. sugar cube
  7. sugar cubes
  8. sugar daddies
  9. sugar daddy
  10. sugar dating
  11. sugar diabetes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sugar cube (page history and authors); sugar cube (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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