sugarloaf

American  

[shoog-er-lohf] / ˈʃʊg ərˌloʊf /

noun

sugarloaves plural

1. a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.

2. anything resembling this in shape.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sugarloaves
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sugarloaf

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

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Citizen Punch, sitting under his humped back and sugarloaf hat on the lip of the little stage, his floppy legs dangling, is performing for the rowdy seaside audience below him.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2019

It featured a detachable octagonal brooch-cum-pendant with pavé and bullet-cut diamonds set in platinum, and a Burmese sugarloaf sapphire so large it’s a wonder Taylor was able to remain upright while wearing it.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2017

When I finally went to Accra that Christmas I discovered among other things: sugarloaf pineapple, hip-life music, and my father's other offspring.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2013

Its curious sugarloaf mountains are drawn in loosely applied brush strokes and washes, trees are carefully controlled blobs of ink.

From Time Magazine Archive

And my arms and legs were still aching from the heavy sugarloaf I carried all the way from Mr. Lloyd’s general store.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

“Food is what moves people,” says Carlos Perdomo, who sells unrefined sugarloaves known as papelón in an area called Samán where protesters congregated Tuesday.

From The Guardian ● May 20, 2016

Cecil arrived at Cambridge the day before the queen to set all things in order, and received from the university a customary offering of two pairs of gloves, two sugarloaves, and a marchpane.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

They looked like sugarloaves held up by sticks.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave