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sug·ar
 sugar
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noun |
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Sugar is a sweet substance that is added to food and drinks. People make sugar from certain plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beets.
The recipe for these cookies said to use three cups of sugar. That's why they're so sweet.My grandmother likes sweet drinks. She usually adds three teaspoons of sugar to her cup of tea.
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The sugar that people use in candy and cookies is just one type of sugar. Other natural substances that are made up of similar chemicals are also called sugars. Like ordinary sugar, they have the form of crystals and can dissolve in water. You can eat these sugars, but some of them are sweet and others have almost no sweetness at all. One sugar you may have heard of is "fructose." Fructose is the kind of sugar that is in fruits. It is what makes fruits sweet.
One kind of sugar is "lactose." "Lactose" is the sugar that is in milk. Milk is not especially sweet, but it is just a little sweet because of the lactose. Some people find lactose difficult to digest. |
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sugarless (adj.) |
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