sugar cube

sugar cube
sugar cube UK US noun [countable] [singular sugar cube plural sugar cubes]
a small hard piece of sugar with six sides that you put in a hot drink
Thesaurus: sweet food and dessertshyponym types of food or drinkhypernym

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noun, pl ⋯ cubes [count]
: a small cube of sugar that is put in coffee or tea to make it sweet — called also (Brit) sugar lump

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ˈsugar cube [sugar cube] (especially NAmE) (BrE also ˈsugar lump) noun
a small ↑cube of sugar, used in cups of tea or coffee
See also:sugar lump

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