"sugar cube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sugar cubes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Coffee, Sugars, Tea Synonyms: sugar lump, sugarcube [rare] Related terms: cube sugar Translations (piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar): قَنْد (qand) [masculine] (Arabic), قند (qand) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), кускавы́ цу́кар (kuskavý cúkar) [masculine] (Belarusian), кава́лкавы цу́кар (kaválkavy cúkar) [masculine] (Belarusian), 角糖 (kak-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 方糖 (fong¹ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 方糖 (fāngtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), suikerklontje (Dutch), sokeripala (Finnish), cube de sucre [masculine] (French), morceau de sucre [masculine] (French), Zuckerwürfel [masculine] (German), kockacukor (Hungarian), mokkacukor (Hungarian), sykurmoli [masculine] (Icelandic), zolletta [feminine] (Italian), 角砂糖 (kakuzatō) (alt: かくざとう) (Japanese), 각설탕 (gakseoltang) (alt: 角雪糖) (Korean), ёотон (jooton) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), şekirê kabikî (Northern Kurdish), قند (qand) (Persian), kostka cukru [feminine] (Polish), cubo de açúcar [masculine] (Portuguese), torrão de açúcar [masculine] (Portuguese), zahăr cubic [neuter] (Romanian), terrón de azúcar [masculine] (Spanish), sockerbit [common-gender] (Swedish), น้ำตาลก้อน (Thai), đường cục (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "方糖"
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