maple sugar

See also: maple-sugar

English

Alternative forms

• maple-sugar

Noun

maple sugar (countable and uncountable, plural maple sugars)

1. A type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple.

   Coordinate term: sugar maple

   • 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 159:

     MAPLE SUGAR SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread spread maple sugar, put slices together and cut with a maple leaf cutter. Serve with hot coffee.

Derived terms

• maple-sugared
• maple sugaring
• maple sugary

Related terms

• beet sugar
• cane sugar

Translations

type of sugar made from boiled maple sap

Chinese: Mandarin: 楓糖 / 枫糖 (zh) (fēngtáng) Finnish: vaahterasokeri French: sucre d'érable (fr) m German: Ahornzucker m Hungarian: juharcukor Japanese: 楓糖 (ja) (ふうとう, fūtō) Korean: 단풍설탕 (danpungseoltang) Polish: cukier klonowy m Potawatomi: zisbakwet Welsh: siwgwr masarn m

Further reading

• maple sugar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sugar maple, sugar-maple