maple sugar

noun

: sugar made by boiling maple syrup

Examples of maple sugar in a Sentence

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Occasionally: Honey Small amounts of sugar Frozen or dried fruits Pure maple sugar Coconut palm sugar Brown sugar Rarely/Never: White sugar 8. Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 21 Jan. 2025 In a recent entry, one man in his 70s boasted of his several hundred maple sugar taps. Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 White fish, cranberry, maple sugar, zucchini, kale, sweet corn. Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024 The shop also serves up decadent and highly Instagrammable sundaes throughout the year, like the Bad Larry, which comes with maple sugar and a wisp of maple cotton candy. Jacqueline Dole, Washington Post, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for maple sugar 

Word History

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of maple sugar was in 1720

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“Maple sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maple%20sugar. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.

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maple sugar

noun
: a sugar made by boiling maple syrup
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