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Meaning of sugarcube | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Rare form of sugar cube.

form-of, rare

Examples

“Small abstract sculptures in cast metal. A number of these gray pieces take the form of step-like towers that taper gradually toward the top. Others freely combine regular, geometric shapes—a cylinder, rectangle, or spiral—with dense aggregates of small sugarcube-like metal bits.”
“To bake a mind-altering cake nowadays, you’ve got to smash a few sugarcubes.”
“He puts a few sugarcubes on the spoon and runs the alcohol over it, the sugar disintegrating into the liquid.”
“Palate-wise, it was nothing new. It was a synthetic kind of coffee flavor, like spraypaint and tree bark. A few sugarcubes helped the cause, for both my tongue and my brain, the latter struggling to overcome irritation and get to that place of bright clarity, to attain that souped-up inconquerability that only coffee brings.”
“Another reason Pinky throws countless parties is that she REALLY loves eating sweets. So if you’re looking for her you’ll have a good chance at finding her at the Sugarcube Sweet Shoppe.”
“After the building was completed, a documentary film represented the massing as a series of sugarcube-like boxes.”
“Elsewhere, sugarcube-sweetness softens the acid-edges of Cope’s ‘spike Parliament’ fantasy “Psychedelic Revolution”, while there is even affection redeeming “Liver As Big As Hartlepool”.”

CEFR level

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

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