sugar cube

See also: sugar-cube and sugarcube

English

Alternative forms

• sugar-cube, sugarcube (rare)

Pronunciation

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Noun

sugar cube (plural sugar cubes)

2. 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.

Related terms

• cube sugar
• loaf sugar
• sugar-loaf

Translations

piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar

Arabic: قَنْد m (qand) Gulf Arabic: قند m (qand) Belarusian: кускавы́ цу́кар m (kuskavý cúkar), кава́лкавы цу́кар m (kaválkavy cúkar) Chinese: Cantonese: 方糖 (fong1 tong4) Hokkien: 角糖 (kak-thn̂g) Mandarin: 方糖 (zh) (fāngtáng) Dutch: suikerklontje (nl) Finnish: sokeripala (fi) French: cube de sucre m, morceau de sucre (fr) m German: Zuckerwürfel (de) m Hungarian: kockacukor (hu), mokkacukor (hu) Icelandic: sykurmoli (is) m Italian: zolletta (it) f Japanese: 角砂糖 (ja) (かくざとう, kakuzatō) Korean: 각설탕(角雪糖) (gakseoltang) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: şekirê kabikî Mongolian: Cyrillic: ёотон (mn) (jooton) Mongolian: ᠶᠣᠣᠲᠠᠩ (yootang) Persian: قند (fa) (qand) Polish: kostka cukru f Portuguese: cubo de açúcar m, torrão de açúcar m Romanian: zahăr cubic (ro) n Spanish: terrón de azúcar m Swedish: sockerbit (sv) c Thai: น้ำตาลก้อน Vietnamese: đường cục

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.

Anagrams

• cube sugar