Advertisement

Advertisement

sugarloaf

[ shoog-er-lohf ]

noun

, plural sug·ar·loaves [shoog, -er-lohvz].
  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.


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugarloaf1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
Discover More

Example Sentences

Within another two days the Sugarloaf Dunes would be deserted so far as campers were concerned.

The culminating point of this peak is a sugarloaf-shape mass of pure snow, about one hundred feet above all adjacent points.

The timber in Sugarloaf Valley drew speculators—he sold options and bought a place in the logging development.

We jest go out around by the Sugarloaf–we're close inshore all the time.

Do you know that bit of flat on the other side of Sugarloaf Hill?'

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


sugaring offSugarloaf Mountain