"loaf sugar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: loaf sugars [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lofe sugre}} Middle English lofe sugre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loaf sugar (countable and uncountable, plural loaf sugars)
  1. Refined sugar formed into a conical loaf (a sugar-loaf) in a mould. It was a common type of sugar until the 19th century. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: sugar nips
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Inflected forms

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