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• sugar-loaf
  sugar-loaf

  adjective

  resembling a sugar-loaf.
• sugar loaf
  sugar loaf

  noun

  a large conical mass of hard refined sugar See also loaf sugar

sugar-loaf

American  

[shoog-er-lohf] / ˈʃʊg ərˌloʊf /

Or sugar-loafed

adjective

1. resembling a sugar-loaf.

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sugar loaf British  

noun

1. a large conical mass of hard refined sugar See also loaf sugar

2. something resembling this in shape

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Etymology

Origin of sugar-loaf

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

So I will not be sticking it to Subway and its sugar-loaf mountain.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2020

As we drove onwards the surroundings became less flat, and in the distance a range of sugar-loaf hills—the mountains of Artá—appeared.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

From the top of the kopje he could be seen going out; then a dozen men left the ridge and went across to the sugar-loaf hill, opening fire from there.

From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Moulin, Louis Eug?ne du

It was tough work, the sugar-loaf eminence being steep and stony and the sun above blisteringly hot.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

Their grenadiers were dressed more apropos, having high sugar-loaf shaped caps, mounted with a great deal of brass, and projecting forward at the top, with long coats, and gaiters reaching above the knee.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William