table sugar

noun

: sugar sense 1a
especially : granulated white sugar

Examples of table sugar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Artificial sweeteners: Artificial sweeteners are zero- or low-calorie alternatives to nutritive sweeteners, such as table sugar. Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 1 July 2024 Yet another wrinkle is that the chemical signatures of some materials—table sugar and some plastic explosives, for instance—are so remarkably nondescript as to make distinguishing one from another impossible. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2024 The couple leans on ingredients like avocado oil mayo, coconut aminos instead of soy sauce or tamari, coconut sugar, kefir instead of yogurt or sour cream, miso, nutritional yeast instead of cheese, and stevia instead of table sugar and the like. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024 In lab experiments, researchers added the enzyme to table sugar in models of the human gut, and also tested real food products with the enzyme in these systems. Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for table sugar 

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Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of table sugar was in 1964

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“Table sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20sugar. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

table sugar

noun
: sugar entry 1 sense 1
especially : white sugar granules

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