"powdered sugar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpaʊ.dəd ˈʃʊɡ.ə/ [UK], /ˈpaʊ.dɚd ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/ [US] Forms: powdered sugars [plural]
enPR: pouʹdərd sho͝ogʹər [US] Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} powdered sugar (usually uncountable, plural powdered sugars)
  1. (US) Very finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sugars Synonyms: icing sugar [Canada, UK], confectioners' sugar, confectioners sugar [Eastern, US], pulverized sugar Translations (very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc): пудра захар (pudra zahar) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sucre de llustre [masculine] (Catalan), 糖霜 (tong⁴ soeng¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 糖粉 (tángfěn) (Chinese Mandarin), práškový cukr (Czech), cukr moučka [masculine] (Czech), flormelis (Danish), poedersuiker [masculine] (Dutch), glazursukero (Esperanto), florsukur [neuter] (Faroese), tomusokeri (Finnish), sucre glace [masculine] (French), sucre à glacer [Canada, masculine] (French), sucre en poudre [Canada, colloquial, masculine] (French), sucre impalpable [Belgium, masculine] (French), azucre glas [masculine] (Galician), Puderzucker [masculine] (German), Staubzucker [Austria, masculine] (German), porcukor (Hungarian), flórsykur (Icelandic), zucchero a velo [masculine] (Italian), 粉砂糖 (konazatō) (alt: こなざとう) (Japanese), puehu huka (Maori), melis (Norwegian), cukier puder [masculine] (Polish), açúcar de confeiteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), zahăr pudră [neuter] (Romanian), са́харная пу́дра (sáxarnaja púdra) [feminine] (Russian), práškový cukr [masculine] (Slovak), azúcar flor (Spanish), azúcar glas [masculine] (Spanish), florsocker [neuter] (Swedish), pudra şekeri (Turkish), цукро́ва пу́дра (cukróva púdra) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
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      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "word": "melis"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cukier puder"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
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      "word": "zahăr pudră"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sáxarnaja púdra",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "са́харная пу́дра"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "word": "azúcar flor"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "florsocker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "word": "pudra şekeri"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cukróva púdra",
      "sense": "very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цукро́ва пу́дра"
    }
  ],
  "word": "powdered sugar"
}

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