Definition

1. Noun:
   • Sugar from sugarcane used as a sweetening agent: This refers to the sweet, crystalline substance that is extracted and refined from sugarcane plants for the purpose of sweetening food and drinks.
   • Sucrose obtained from sugar cane: This is the specific chemical compound (sucrose) that is the primary component of the sugar produced from sugarcane.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • I prefer using cane sugar in my coffee because of its flavor.
  • The recipe specifically calls for cane sugar, not beet sugar.
  • Cane sugar is a common ingredient in many desserts and beverages.

Advanced Usage

• As a mass noun: "Cane sugar" is typically used as an uncountable noun when referring to the substance in general.
  • This brand of cola is sweetened with cane sugar.

Variants and Related Words

• Sugarcane (n): The tall tropical grass from which cane sugar is extracted.
  • The fields were full of ripe sugarcane.
• Brown sugar (n): A type of cane sugar that retains some molasses, giving it a brown color and distinctive taste.
• Granulated sugar (n): The common white, refined form of cane sugar.

Synonyms

• Sucrose (when specifically referring to the chemical compound from cane).
• Table sugar (when it is the refined, white product from cane).

Noun

1. sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
2. sucrose obtained from sugar cane