refined sugar

Other forms: refined sugars

Definitions of refined sugar

1. noun

   a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
   synonyms: sugar

   types:

   caramel, caramelized sugar

   burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food

   lump sugar

   refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings

   loaf sugar, sugar loaf, sugarloaf

   a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar

   cane sugar

   sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent

   granulated sugar

   sugar in the form of small grains

   beet sugar

   sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent

   corn sugar

   dextrose used as sweetening agent

   brown sugar

   unrefined or only partly refined sugar

   powdered sugar

   sugar granulated into a fine powder

   demerara, demerara sugar

   light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana

   type of:

   sweetener, sweetening

   something added to foods to make them taste sweeter