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sugarloaf

noun
sug·ar·loaf | \ˈshu̇-gər-ˌlōf \

Definition of sugarloaf 

1 : refined sugar molded into a cone

2 : a hill or mountain shaped like a sugarloaf

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sugar-loaf adjective

First Known Use of sugarloaf

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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