Definition

• noun: a sweet substance usually in the form of white or brown crystals or white powder that comes from plants and is used to make foods sweeter
• noun: a sweet crystallizable material that consists wholly or essentially of sucrose, is colorless or white when pure tending to brown when less refined, is obtained commercially from 'sugarcane' or sugar beet and less extensively from sorghum, maples, and palms, and is important as a source of dietary carbohydrate and as a sweetener and preservative of other foods
• verb: to put sugar on or in (something)
• verb: to make palatable or attractive
• usually plural
• synonyms: sweeten, ambrosia, angel