sugar loaf

Conical refined mass

A sugar loaf is a cone-shaped mass of refined sugar, the traditional form in which sugar was sold before granulated sugar became standard.

The shape—a tall, tapering cone with a rounded top—lent its name to conical hills and mountains worldwide: Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

The term also describes anything with this distinctive pointed form.

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Categories
Opposites
sugar form/texture

sugar loafgranulated sugar

Refined crystalline sweetening agent

powdered sugar · caster sugar · sugar crystals · sugar cubes · icing sugar

SHAPE (for geographic/object usage)

sugar loafflat-topped

Horizontally terminated above

mesa · plateau · tableland · plain · flatland

processing/refinement

sugar loafraw sugar

Minimally processed cane crystals

muscovado · jaggery · piloncillo · molasses · cane juice

Family

sugar, loaf, sugars, sugared, sugaring, sugary, sugarless, loaves, loafed

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G