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Meaning of sugar-cube | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Rare form of sugar cube.

form-of, rare

Examples

“The professor meanwhile opened the drawer again, producing a square cardboard box. He removed its cover, sighed and took out some sugar-cubes and put two in each cup. “The captain wishes to study,” he murmured reminiscently. His eyes folllowed^([sic]) the sugar-cubes as they slowly settled to the bottom.”
“The addition of enemy bombers helps to make the game more interesting from a difficulty point of view, although the demo mode – which did not exist on the B-bit games – does nothing to promote game content. The Spit merely takes off, shoots a few sugar-cubes at nothing in particular and tends.”
“He left his room and went back into the kitchen. There was no bread. He took some rusks, an orange, some sugar-cubes, the remains of a bar of chocolate.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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