SUGARLOAF


Meaning of SUGARLOAF in English

/shoog"euhr lohf'/ , n. , pl. sugarloaves /-lohvz'/ .

1. a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.

2. anything resembling this in shape.

[ 1375-1425; late ME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .