sugar cube
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Sugar cubes.
See also: sugar-cube and sugarcube
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Noun
sugar cube (plural sugar cubes)
- Piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.
- Synonym: sugar lump
- 2025 February 19, Chris Howe, “Euston: Euston: a work in progress”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 46:
- The new building was dubbed 'the sugar cube', owing to the white tiles which were supposed to adorn the exterior of the cube-shaped structure.
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Translations
piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar
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Further reading
sugar cube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “sugar cube” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “sugar cube” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “sugar cube”, in Collins English Dictionary.
