a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
[ Syn: refined sugar ]
an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
[ Syn: carbohydrate , saccharide ]
informal terms for money
[ Syn: boodle , bread , cabbage , clams , dinero , dough , gelt , kale , lettuce , lolly , lucre , loot , moolah , pelf , scratch , shekels , simoleons , wampum ]
sugar (n.)
sweeten with sugar; sugar your tea
[ Syn: saccharify ]