sugarloaf

• Nom désignant un gros pain de sucre raffiné de forme conique, forme historique sous laquelle le sucre était couramment produit et vendu.

A noun referring to a large, conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar, historically a common form in which sugar was produced and sold.

1. Conical sugar blockC1formal

   A large, cone-shaped block of refined sugar, which was a common form of sugar before the widespread use of granulated sugar.

   pain de sucre

   • In the 18th century, sugar was often sold as a sugarloaf.
   • The sugarloaf was wrapped in paper and tied with string.
   • To use it, you had to break off pieces from the sugarloaf.

   Synonymessugar loaf