Meanings
nounbarley sugar (countable and uncountable, plural barley sugars)
plural barley sugars
- countableuncountableA traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.
adjectivebarley sugar (comparative more barley sugar, superlative most barley sugar)
comparative more barley sugar · superlative most barley sugar
- alternativeAlternative form of barley-sugar.
Translations
Dutch zuurstok
- zuurstoksweet
Esperanto hordeosukeraĵo
- hordeosukeraĵosweet
French sucre d’orge
- sucre d’orgesweet
German Gerstenzucker
- Gerstenzuckersweet
Hungarian árpacukor
- árpacukorsweet
Tamil மிட்டாய்
- மிட்டாய் (miṭṭāy)sweet
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APA
barley sugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barley%20sugar
MLA
“barley sugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barley%20sugar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barley sugar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barley%20sugar.
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