maple sugar

See also: maple-sugar

English

Alternative forms

• maple-sugar

Noun

maple sugar (countable and uncountable, plural maple sugars)

1. A type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple.
   • 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 159:

     MAPLE SUGAR SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread spread maple sugar, put slices together and cut with a maple leaf cutter. Serve with hot coffee.

Coordinate terms

• sugar maple

Derived terms

• maple sugaring
• maple sugary
• maple-sugared

Related terms

• beet sugar
• cane sugar

Translations

type of sugar made from boiled maple sap

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 楓糖 / 枫糖 (zh) (fēngtáng)

• Finnish: vaahterasokeri
• French: sucre d’érable (fr) m
• German: Ahornzucker m
• Hungarian: juharcukor
• Japanese: 楓糖 (ふうとう, fūtō)
• Korean: 단풍설탕 (danpungseoltang)
• Potawatomi: zisbakwet
• Welsh: siwgwr masarn m

Anagrams

• sugar maple, sugar-maple