sugar-loaf
adjective
resembling a sugar-loaf.
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sugar-loaf
American
[shoog-er-lohf]
/ ˈʃʊg ərˌloʊf /
Or
sugar-loafed
adjective
sugar loaf
British
noun
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a large conical mass of hard refined sugar See also loaf sugar
-
something resembling this in shape
Etymology
Origin of sugar-loaf
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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So I will not be sticking it to Subway and its sugar-loaf mountain.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2020
It appeared in the form of a sugar-loaf, spinning on its point, moving up the hill towards us, and enlarging as it came forward.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson
A few men were left on the sugar-loaf hill to fire at the crest opposite; the squadrons and the Sussex men were drawn up in lines under cover.
From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eug?ne du Moulin
The dominie and all ran into the gloom of mid-day and saw a vessel riding against the tide, full of men in wide breeches and sugar-loaf hats, with faces as white as wool.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
Over her mob-cap she had a high sugar-loaf hat tied on with pink ribbons, and her feet were clad in the prettiest black silk stockings and high-heeled black satin slippers, with big diamond buckles.
From The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Constance Cary Harrison
A chipped crockery bowl appeared from the pantry, alongside the butter and eggs and milk and the sugar loaf and the nutmeg grater and the small amber flask.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
It was in shape like a sugar loaf, and every way open like a lattice for the air to pass through, as in tab.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley
A stone held between his feet, cut in the shape of a sugar loaf, whilst a rope fastened him to his boat, helped him to descend more rapidly.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
A sugar loaf weis 8 lb. and a quarter at 18d. per pound 12s. 4d.”
From England in the Days of Old by William Andrews
Whilst on the yard I saw the land very plain, on the lardboard beam, bearing N.W. half N., nearest high land, with hillocks, and one remarkable hommocoe like a sugar loaf, very high.
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