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table sugar

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noun
granulated white sugar.
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Words nearby table sugar

table salt, tableside, tablespoon, tablespoonful, table stake, table sugar, tablet, table talk, tablet chair, table tennis, tabletop
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How to use table sugar in a sentence

  • It doesn't matter, they say, whether that calorie comes from table sugar (sucrose) or HFCS.

    The Fight Over High-Fructose Corn Syrup|Sharon Begley|February 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST

  • Cane sugar (table sugar) may also be used, but it must be clean and of good quality.

    The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler

  • Common table sugar and the sugar of milk have to be digested before they are absorbed and so are less likely to flood the liver.

    Physiology|Ernest G. Martin

  • Table sugar and butter are as near pure unmixed foodstuffs as any of the things we commonly eat.

    Physiology|Ernest G. Martin

Scientific definitions for table sugar

table sugar
See sucrose.
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