sugar

nouns

a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

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

carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar

informal terms for money

boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum

verbs

sweeten with sugar

"sugar your tea"

saccharify, sugar